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. 2022 Feb 7:27:e01447.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01447. eCollection 2022.

Intractable liver abscess and positive string test: Think Klebsiella hypervirulent strain

Jeanne Godon  1 , Sylvia Das-Neves  1 , Thomas Blanchot  2 , Lionel Piroth  1   3 , Mathieu Blot  1   3   4
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Intractable liver abscess and positive string test: Think Klebsiella hypervirulent strain

Jeanne Godon et al. IDCases. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Computed tomography scan, CT-scan.

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Abdominal computed tomography scan at the admission of the patient (day 0) showing a 40 mm liver abscess (A). Positive string test of the hypermucous Klebsiella pneumoniae strain recovered from blood cultures (B). Abdominal computed tomography scan performed at day 3 (C) and 6 (D) following clinical deterioration and showing a progression in size of the multicompartmental liver lesion.
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