Necrotizing fasciitis and psoas abscess caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae |
Jin, Su Sin
(Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Kim, Youn Jeong (Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Kim, Sang Il (Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Hu, Joo Yeun (Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Kim, Yu Seung (Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Cho, Sung Yeon (Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) Kang, Moon Won (Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) |
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