Listeria monocytogenes causing solitary liver abscess

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 364-368

  Brönnimann, Simon ^a   Baer, Hans U ^a   Malinverni, Raffaele ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Listeria monocytogenes; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; SWEAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031854721     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018633     Document Type: Article

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