Schistosomiasis mansoni is Asssociated with Pyogenic Liver Abscesses in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages 143-146

  Teixeira, Rosângela ^a   Pfeilsticker, Francis Jardim ^a   Santa Cecília, Giovanna D C ^a   Nobre, Vandack ^a   Fonseca, Lúcia Porto ^a   Serufo, José Carlos ^a   Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech ^a   Lambertucci, José Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Liver abscess; Minas Gerais; Schistosomiasis; Staphylococcal bacteremia

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 0035238214     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000900021     Document Type: Article

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