Efficacy of percutaneous abscess drainage in patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 533-536

  Catalano, Onofrio A ^a,b   Hahn, Peter F ^a,b   Hooper, David C ^a,b   Mueller, Peter R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033866933     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750533     Document Type: Article

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