Enterococcus faecalis causing empyema in a patient with liver disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1201-1203

  Behnia, Mehrdad ^a   Clay, Alison S ^a   Hart, C Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; SYMPTOM; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0036774702     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200295100-00019     Document Type: Article

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