Visceral organ abscesses in melioidosis: Sonographic findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-34

  Wibulpolprasert, Bussanee ^a,c   Dhiensiri, Tula ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Liver abscess; Melioidosis; Renal abscess; Splenic abscess; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELIOIDOSIS; SPLEEN ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MELIOIDOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0032889268     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199901)27:1<29::AID-JCU5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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