Splenic abscesses from 1987 to 1995

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-93

  Ooi, London Lucien P J ^a   Leong, Swan S ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN SCINTISCANNING; SPLENECTOMY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030816118     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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