Non-tuberculous cold abscess of the psoas muscle - An unusual manifestation of colocutaneous fistula

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 224-225

  Lee, Shiuann Sheng ^a   Chan, Yi Sheng ^a   Chen, Chao Yu ^a   Fu, Tsai Seng ^a   Ueng, Steve W N ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON FISTULA; COLOSTOMY; CURETTAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; SKIN FISTULA; THIGH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033970409     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050050     Document Type: Article

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