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Case Reports
. 2018 Aug 20:2018:bcr2018226490.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226490.

Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess requiring liver resection

Tiffany Chan  1 , Johannes Lauscher  2 , Adrienne Chan  3 , Calvin Law  4 , Paul Karanicolas  4
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Case Reports

Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess requiring liver resection

Tiffany Chan et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: hepatitis and other GI infections; surgery.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Abdominal CT showing large multiloculated liver abscesses in segments 2/3 of the left liver lobe (white arrow) and segments 6/7 of the right liver lobe (black arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Resected segments 6/7 of the same patient revealing the multiloculated cystic and necrotic liver abscess with the interventional radiology drain in situ.
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