Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of retroperitoneal abscesses

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 938-941

  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

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP D;

EID: 0031893716     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513947     Document Type: Article

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