Lymphogranuloma venereum presenting with a psoas abscess

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 563-564

  Speers, D ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSOAS ABSCESS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0032852550     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1999.tb00762.x     Document Type: Article

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