Abdominal actinomycosis: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Cintron, José R ^a,b   Del Pino, Alberto ^a   Duarte, Bernardo ^a   Wood, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fistuli; Actinomycosis; Sulfur granules

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; COLON DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029685455     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02048278     Document Type: Article

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