Sonographic analysis of gallbladder findings in Salmonella enteric fever

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-237

  Shetty, P Balakrishna ^a,b   Broome, Dale R ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Enteric fever; Gallbladder; Gallbladder abnormalities; Gallbladder diseases; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES CULTURE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER MUCOSA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0032054268     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1998.17.4.231     Document Type: Article

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