Pyogenic liver abscesses. Review of 59 cases and experience with imipenem;Abscesos hepaticos piogenicos. Revision de 59 casos y experiencia con imipenem

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 197, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 494-499

  Asensi Alvarez V ^a   Rodriguez Guardado A ^a   Carton Sanchez J A ^a   Maradona Hidalgo, J A ^a   Alvarez Prida De Paz E ^a   Llera Fueyo, J M ^a   Arribas Castrillo, J M ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora de Covadonga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imipenem; Liver abscess; Percutaneous and surgical drainage

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; IMIPENEM; THIENAMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MIXTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 0031183350     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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