Primary psoas abscess due to fusobacterium nucleatum

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-321

  Smetana, Gerald W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSOAS ABSCESS;

FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS ABSCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032772390     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163671     Document Type: Article

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