Liver abscesses caused by Streptococcus milleri: An uncommon presenting sign of silent colonic cancer

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-207

  Tzur, Tomer ^a,b   Liberman, Sivan ^a,b   Felzenstein, Itamar ^a,b   Cohen, Ronit ^a,b   Rivkind, Avraham I ^a,b   Almogy, Gidon ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Liver abscess; Streptococcus milleri

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEMICOLECTOMY; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PALLOR; PLEURA EFFUSION; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; SYMPTOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344942478     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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