Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (hvKp) is an evolving pathotype that is more virulent than
classical K. pneumoniae (cKp). hvKp usually infects individuals from the community, who are …

Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of adult mortality in
Asia. Appropriate empirical treatment depends on knowledge of the pathogens commonly …

Since the mid 1980s, the prevalence of liver abscess caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella
pneumoniae strain has increased in Asia, particularly in Taiwan and Korea. This strain is …

Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis, characterization, and management of
infectious liver disease. In clinical practice, the main contributions of imaging are in detecting …

Background. During the past two decades, Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) had
surpassed Escherichia coli (E. coli) as the predominant isolate from patients with pyogenic …

Various biliary pathologic conditions can lead to acute abdominal pain. Specific diagnosis is
not always possible clinically because many biliary diseases have overlapping signs and …

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) causes Klebsiella‐induced liver abscess.
Capsule is important for the pathogenesis of Klebsiella in systemic infection, but its role in …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review the different cystic hepatic lesions, with
an emphasis on the imaging features that help to differentiate them, and to propose a …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing immune-mediated inflammation of
the gastrointestinal tract. IBD includes two major disease entities: Crohn disease and …

Liver masses present a relatively common clinical dilemma, particularly with the increasing
use of various imaging modalities in the diagnosis of abdominal and other symptoms. The …