Epidemiological aspects of liver abscesses in children in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-105

  Hendricks, M K ^a,c   Moore, S W ^a   Millar, A J W ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERINFECTION; TRICHURIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030966148     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.2.103     Document Type: Article

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