Pyogenic hepatic abscess: Changing trends over 42 years

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 600-609

  Huang, Chih Jen ^a   Pitt, Henry A ^b,d   Lipsett, Pamela A ^b   Osterman Jr , Floyd A ^b   Lillemoe, Keith D ^a   Cameron, John L ^a   Zuidema, George D ^c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029983859     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199605000-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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