Fulminant clostridium septicum infection of hepatic metastases presenting as pneumoperitoneum

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 962-964

  Urban, Bruce A ^a   McCormick, Rachel ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a   Lillemoe, Keith D ^a   Petty, Brent G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034127294     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.4.1740962     Document Type: Article

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