A childhood case of primary hepatic actinomycosis presenting with cutaneous fistula

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-63

  Buyukavci, Mustafa ^a   Caner, Ibrahim ^a   Eren, Suat ^a   Aktas, Osman ^a   Akdag, Recep ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACTINOMYCOSIS; CHILD; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PENICILLINS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242319439     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310017492     Document Type: Article

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