Liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy

Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is rare in healthy children. We report a case of PLA in an immunocompetent 12-year-old boy. Percutaneous catheter drainage was performed for the abscess. In addition, parenteral antibiotics were administered for 3 weeks. Klebsiella pneumoniae was detected in the culture...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Da Hye, Jeon, Yeon Jin, Bae, E Young, Jeong, Dae Chul, Kang, Jin Han
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24348663
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2013.56.11.496
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author Yoon, Da Hye
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Kang, Jin Han
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description Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is rare in healthy children. We report a case of PLA in an immunocompetent 12-year-old boy. Percutaneous catheter drainage was performed for the abscess. In addition, parenteral antibiotics were administered for 3 weeks. Klebsiella pneumoniae was detected in the culture of blood and drained fluid. Here, we present this case and a brief review of the literature on this subject.
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spelling pubmed-38598832013-12-12 Liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy Yoon, Da Hye Jeon, Yeon Jin Bae, E Young Jeong, Dae Chul Kang, Jin Han Korean J Pediatr Case Report Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is rare in healthy children. We report a case of PLA in an immunocompetent 12-year-old boy. Percutaneous catheter drainage was performed for the abscess. In addition, parenteral antibiotics were administered for 3 weeks. Klebsiella pneumoniae was detected in the culture of blood and drained fluid. Here, we present this case and a brief review of the literature on this subject. The Korean Pediatric Society 2013-11 2013-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3859883/ /pubmed/24348663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2013.56.11.496 Text en Copyright © 2013 by The Korean Pediatric Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy
title Liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy
title_full Liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy
title_fullStr Liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy
title_full_unstemmed Liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy
title_short Liver abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy
title_sort liver abscess due to klebsiella pneumoniae in a healthy 12-year-old boy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859883/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2013.56.11.496
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