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INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 210-218Publisher
KOREAN SOC CHEMOTHERAPY
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2018.50.3.210
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Liver Abscess; Klebsiella pneumoniae; C-reactive protein
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Since the mid 1980s, the prevalence of liver abscess caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain has increased in Asia, particularly in Taiwan and Korea. This strain is mostly K1 or K2 serotype, and has hypercapsular and hypermucoid phenotypes. Most infections are community acquired, and patients rarely have a hepatobiliary disease prior to infection. Clinical manifestations are characterized by fever and high C-reactive protein, and metastatic infections, such as septic emboli in the lung and endophthalmitis and meningitis are frequently observed. Antibiotic resistance is rare. Antibiotic treatment and abscess drainage are needed, and early diagnosis and treatment of endophthalmitis is also important.
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