title: Primary liver abscess caused by one clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two colonial morphotypes and resistotypes.
abstract: Two diabetic patients with primary liver abscess, who initially responded unsatisfactorily to intravenous ceftriaxone or cefoxitin treatment and had abscess drainage, were found to be infected with a single clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two different colonial morphotypes and resistotypes. Primary liver abscess caused by second-generation cephalosporin-resistant K. pneumoniae strains may be an emerging problem in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: Juinn-Jong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Lee-Jene
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Yee-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Pan-Chyr
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shen-Wu
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Kwen-Tay
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Luh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013624:Taiwan