Klebsiella pneumonia: an emerging pathogen pyogenic liver abscess

ABSTRACT

Before 1980's the most common cause of pyogenic liver abscess was Escherichia coli but more recently Klebsiella pneumonia is being increasingly reported in patients from Asia 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