Primary liver abscess caused by one clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two colonial morphotypes and resistotypes

Po-Ren Hsueh; Juinn-Jong Wu; Lee-Jene Teng; Yee-Chun Chen; Pan-Chyr Yang; Shen-Wu Ho; Kwen-Tay Luh

doi:10.3201/eid0801.010167

Primary liver abscess caused by one clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two colonial morphotypes and resistotypes

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Jan;8(1):100-2. doi: 10.3201/eid0801.010167.

Authors

Po-Ren Hsueh¹, Juinn-Jong Wu, Lee-Jene Teng, Yee-Chun Chen, Pan-Chyr Yang, Shen-Wu Ho, Kwen-Tay Luh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.

Abstract

Two diabetic patients with primary liver abscess, who initially responded unsatisfactorily to intravenous ceftriaxone or cefoxitin treatment and had abscess drainage, were found to be infected with a single clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two different colonial morphotypes and resistotypes. Primary liver abscess caused by second-generation cephalosporin-resistant K. pneumoniae strains may be an emerging problem in Taiwan.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Diabetes Complications*
Diabetes Mellitus / microbiology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
Klebsiella Infections / etiology
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
Liver Abscess / drug therapy
Liver Abscess / etiology
Liver Abscess / microbiology*
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Taiwan