Liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: two case reports.
BACKGROUND
The present case reports highlight the peculiar aspect of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess, an emerging disease in United States and Western countries.


METHODS
We report two cases of Asiatic patients with Klebsiella-associated liver abscesses evaluated at our institution over a one-year period. Both of them had non-specific clinical symptoms at presentation, a peculiar ultrasonographic appearance and successful treatment with early percutaneous drainage.


CONCLUSIONS
Klebsiella related liver abscess is an emerging disease with peculiar clinical features. As compared with other bacterial liver abscesses, Klebsiella pneumonia associated pyogenic liver abscess has distinctive risk factors, unique ultrasonographic and computed tomography features and different prognosis.
Casella
Francesco
F
Divisione di Medicina Generale, Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini via Paderno 21-24068 Seriate (Bg) Italy. case.5@libero.it
Finazzi
Luigi
L
Repetti
Valentina
V
Rubin
Giampaolo
G
Dimarco
Maria
M
Mauro
Tiziana
T
Furlan
Raffaello
R