Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Blood Culture-Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess: A Retrospective Study
Patients with underlying diabetes mellitus are more prone to developing blood culture-positive KPLA. PCT demonstrates better predictive performance for blood culture-positive KPLA, and patients with PCT levels ≥4.97 ng/mL have a higher likelihood of positive blood culture results.
Authors
- Ming-Qin Lu
- Jiawen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1233-5599)
- Chao Cai
- Shu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6073-6285)
- Shiwen Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1023-4073)
- Huifang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-8623)
- Chenyi Liu
- Shanshan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-7101)
Institutions
- Wenzhou Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Medical Case Reports Journal
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/imcrj.s516742
- Primary Topic
- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Science and Technology Plan Project of Wenzhou, China
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province