Non-operative management of pyogenic liver abscess

HPB

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-95

  Pearce, N W ^a   Knight, R ^a   Irving, H ^a   Menon, K ^a   Prasad, K R ^a   Pollard, S G ^a   Lodge, J P A ^a   Toogood, G J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscess; Antibiotics; Aspiration; Drainage; Liver; Pyogenic

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

EID: 0038381463     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820310001126     Document Type: Article

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