Peritonitis and fulminant sepsis due to spontaneous rupture of ilio-psoas abscess

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 222-223

  Kumar, Sunil ^a,b   Jain, Sundeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Pyoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS ABSCESS; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; LAPAROTOMY; SEPSIS;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERITONITIS; PSOAS ABSCESS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEPSIS;

EID: 11844256901     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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