Pyogenic psoas abscess: Difficulty in early diagnosis

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-183

  Hamano, Satoshi ^a   Kiyoshima, Keijiro ^a   Nakatsu, Hiroomi ^a   Murakami, Shino ^a   Igarashi, Tatsuo ^b   Ito, Haruo ^b  

^a ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis treatment, psoas abscess; Psoas abscess; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HIP CONTRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0042172879     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071843     Document Type: Article

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