Perinephric abscess (presenting as abdominal pain) due to Listeria monocytogenes

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-62

  Gomber, Sunil ^a,b   Revathi, G ^a   Krishna, A ^a   Gupta, Alka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b F 4 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031929889     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747928     Document Type: Article

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