A case report of abdominal wall actinomycosis associated with prolonged use of an intrauterine device

Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 77-79

  Çöl, Cavit ^a   Çol, Meltem ^b   Albayrak, Levent ^c  

^a Uzm Bolu Izzet Baysal Mental Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Numune Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFONAMIDE; SULFUR; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; ODOR; PALPATION; PATHOGENESIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TISSUE CULTURE; URINALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 0034309473     PISSN: 1069417X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1069-417X(00)80041-2     Document Type: Article

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