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. 2009:2009:bcr08.2008.0638.

doi: 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0638. Epub 2009 Mar 17.

Gas forming liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae

Jiun-Nong Lin¹, Yen-Hsu Chen, Chung-Hsu Lai, Chun-Kai Huang, Jiun-Ling Wang, Hsing-Chun Chung, Shiou-Haur Liang, Hsi-Hsun Lin

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¹ E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, 1, E-Da Road, Jiun-Shu Tsuen, Yan-Chau Shiang, Kaohsiung County, 824, Taiwan, Province of China.

PMID: 21686710
PMCID: PMC3027473
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0638

Gas forming liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae

Jiun-Nong Lin et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2009.

. 2009:2009:bcr08.2008.0638.

doi: 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0638. Epub 2009 Mar 17.

Authors

Jiun-Nong Lin¹, Yen-Hsu Chen, Chung-Hsu Lai, Chun-Kai Huang, Jiun-Ling Wang, Hsing-Chun Chung, Shiou-Haur Liang, Hsi-Hsun Lin

Affiliation

¹ E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, 1, E-Da Road, Jiun-Shu Tsuen, Yan-Chau Shiang, Kaohsiung County, 824, Taiwan, Province of China.

PMID: 21686710
PMCID: PMC3027473
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0638

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Figure 1
Stool-like material accumulates in the right upper region of abdomen on plain kidney–ureter–bladder (KUB) film (arrow).

Figure 2
A non-contrast abdominal computed tomography scan shows a huge gas containing liver abscess (arrow).

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