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KMID : 0828520070110030153
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Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
2007 Volume.11 No. 3 p.153 ~ p.156
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A Case of Liver Abscess Metastasizing to Prostate Resulting in Prostatic Abscess
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Kim Jong-Bin
Cho Sung-Hwan
Yoo Chang-Hun
Kim Jae-Kyoon
Kim Su-Hong
Kim Kyoung-Chan
Kim O-Kil
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Abstract
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Klebsiella pneumoniae(K. pneumoniae) infection has a tendency of abscess formation and it is known to be associated with diabetes mellitus. Metastatic infection was an important feature of K. pneumoniae liver abscess and bacteremia, metastatic prostate abscess was rare. We present a case of a 81-year-old man with K. pneumoniae liver abscess and metastatic prostate abscess, This patient was successfully treated with percutaneous abscess drainage of liver abscess and transurethral incisional drainage of prostate abscess.
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KEYWORD
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Liver Abscess, Transurethral Resection of Prostate, Klebsiella pneumoniae
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