Pyogenic liver abscess: A review of 10 years' experience in management

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-209

  Barakate, M S ^a,b   Stephen, M S ^a   Waugh, R C ^a   Gallagher, P J ^a   Solomon, M J ^a   Storey, D W ^a   Sheldon, D M ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Pyogenic liver abscess; Radiology techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032986580     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01523.x     Document Type: Article

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