Thanhtaik Kyaw, Rong Ji
SESSION TYPE: Infectious Disease Student/Resident Case Report Posters IIPRESENTED ON: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 01:30 PM - 02:30 PMINTRODUCTION: Infections with K. pneumoniae are usually hospital-acquired and occur primarily in patients with diminished resistance. Underlying diabetes was significantly more common with community-acquired infection. Compared with K. pneumoniae isolated from patients with primary bacteremia, abscess-forming organisms have a virulent hypermucoviscosity phenotype and may be associated with metastatic infection...
October 1, 2012: Chest