Actinomycotic Tumor of the Abdominal Wall

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-177

  Owen, Kristine ^a   Flannery, Michael T ^a   Elaini, Ahmed B ^a   Rivera, Juán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1242336817     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000060571.56673.0F     Document Type: Article

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