Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with a hepatic abscess due to Actinomyces turicensis [5]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 636-637

  Riegert Johnson, Douglas L ^a   Sandhu, Nicole ^a   Rajkumar, S Vincent ^a   Patel, Robin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES TURICENSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ACTINOMYCES; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 0036721211     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342327     Document Type: Letter

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