Spontaneous rupture of the spleen associated with pneumonia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 733-736

  Domingo, P ^a   Rodriguez P ^a   Lopez Contreras J ^a   Rebasa, P ^a   Mota, S ^a   Matias Guiu, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029806703     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01691960     Document Type: Article

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