Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of infected hemorrhoids

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 333-335

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Frazier, Edith H ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PUS; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030026139     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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