Fatal Klebsiella pneumoniae Meningitis and Emphysematous Brain Abscess After Endoscopic Variceal Ligation in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis and Diabetes Mellitus
Procedure-related bacterial infections may complicate esophageal variceal ligation in cirrhosis patients. Here, we report a 58-year-old man with underlying diabetes and liver cirrhosis who developed Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis and brain abscess with gas formation in brain parenchyma and ventric...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2006-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664609602758 |