Intraabdominal abscesses: Image-guided diagnosis and therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-36

  Montgomery, Russell S ^a   Wilson, Samuel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0029811795     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.1.28     Document Type: Review

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