Ascaris-induced liver abscess

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1191-1194

  Javid, Gul ^a,b   Wani, Nazir A ^a   Gulzar, Ghulam M ^a   Khan, Bashir A ^a   Shah, Altaf H ^a   Shah, Omer J ^a   Khan, Mushtaq ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b C/o Gulistan Manzil ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; INFUSION FLUID; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMPULLA OF VATER; ASCARIASIS; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLANGITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032837119     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900645     Document Type: Article

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