Pyogenic liver abscesses and acute schistosomiasis mansoni: Report on 3 cases and experimental study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 280-283

  Teixeira, Rosângela ^a   Ferreira, Maria D ^a   Coelho, Paulo M Z ^a   Brasileiro Filho, G ^a   Azevedo Jr , Geraldo M ^a   Lambertucci, J R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liver abscess; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029996954     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90249-7     Document Type: Article

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