Standardized outpatient management of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses.

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Published in Int J Infect Dis on November 13, 2012

Authors

Douglas S G Chan1, Sophia Archuleta, Ryan M Llorin, David C Lye, Dale Fisher

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital System, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074, Singapore. douglas_sg_chan@nuhs.edu.sg

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