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Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis in an alcoholic patient with an infected pancreatic pseudocyst; a case report and review of literature
We report a case of a 49-year-old male with a history of chronic alcoholism and evidence of a pancreatic pseudocyst on CT scanning. He presented with a 3-days history of fever, loss of appetite and upper abdominal pain. Blood cultures grew Klebsiella pneumoniae and he improved clinically with a seve...
Autores principales: | Orzechowska, Adriana, Lacey, Sandra, Soosay, Geraldine, Melzer, Mark |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17967181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-116 |
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