Published in Annals of palliative medicine
Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) is an important opportunistic pathogen that can easily cause pneumonia and pleural effusion when body resistance is reduced. However, the positive rate of KP detected from clinical pleural effusion by traditional methods, including bacterial culture, is meager. Therefore, new detection methods are urgently needed to impro...
Published in Annals of translational medicine
Biliary tract infection (BTI) is a common cause of bacteremia, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The clinical epidemiology and outcomes of BTI caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) have not been well investigated. This was a retrospective study performed at a university teaching hospital in China from May 2012 to June 2017 that an...
Published in Taiwan journal of ophthalmology
The purpose of this study is to identify the possible factors for preserving the eyes after late or suboptimally treated endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) liver abscess. A retrospective chart review was conducted for patients admitted with KP liver abscess from January 1991 to June 2012. Six hundred and ninety-three...
