Raoultella planticola as a rare cause of liver abscess

Estera Zarębska-Biernat; Piotr Piejko; Rafał Sobański; Aneta Zelek

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Raoultella planticola as a rare cause of liver abscess

Estera Zarębska-Biernat

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,

Piotr Piejko

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,

Rafał Sobański

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,

Aneta Zelek

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Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Allergology, 5th Military Clinical Hospital, Krakow, Poland

Gastroenterology Rev 2025; 20 (1): 111–113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pg.2025.148475

Online publish date: 2025/03/16

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Raoultella planticola as a rare cause of liver abscess

Estera Zarębska-Biernat 1 , Piotr Piejko 1 , Rafał Sobański 1 , Aneta Zelek 1

Estera Zarębska-Biernat

¹

,

Piotr Piejko

¹

,

Rafał Sobański

¹

,

Aneta Zelek

¹