Prognostic study of liver abscess;Etude pronostique des abcés du foie

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-238

  Nouira, Ramzi ^a   Bedoui, Riadh ^a   Miaadi, Naoufel ^a   Guesmi, Fethi ^a   Ben Achour, Jamel ^a   Hani, Mohamed ^a   Daghfous, Mounir ^a   Ben Osman, Samia ^a   Zoghlami, Ayoub ^a   Najah, Nabil ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Liver; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYMPTOM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038275765     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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