Basu Somansu
Department of Pathology, Sur Hospital, Ministry Of Health, Sur, Sultanate of Oman.
Oman Med J. 2009 Apr;24(2):131-3. doi: 10.5001/omj.2009.28.
Before 1980's, the most common cause of pyogenic liver abscess was Escherichia coli but more recently Klebsiella pneumoniae is being increasingly reported in patients from Asian countries and United States. This report focuses on two cases of pyogenic liver abscess caused by the emerging pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae in a regional hospital diagnosed and treated successfully.
在20世纪80年代之前,化脓性肝脓肿最常见的病因是大肠杆菌,但最近在亚洲国家和美国的患者中,肺炎克雷伯菌的报告越来越多。本报告重点关注在一家地区医院成功诊断和治疗的两例由新兴病原体肺炎克雷伯菌引起的化脓性肝脓肿病例。