Diagnosis and treatment of pyogenic psoas abscess in diabetic patients: Usefulness of computed tomography and gallium-67 scanning

Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 246-251

  Kao, Pan Fu ^a,b   Tsui, Ke Hung ^a   Leu, Hsieh Shong ^a   Tsai, Ming Fong ^a   Tzen, Kai Yuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GALLIUM 67;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SCINTISCANNING; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035129437     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00923-7     Document Type: Article

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