Amoebic versus pyogenic liver abscess

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 497-501

  Ahsan, T ^a   Jehangir, M U ^a   Mahmood, T ^a   Ahmed, N ^a   Saleem, M ^a   Shahid, M ^a   Shaheer, A ^a   Anwer, A ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036875887     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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