Infected urachal cyst presenting as fever of unknown origin

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-87

  Chauvin, Nancy ^a   Domachowske, Joseph B ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; NOSE CONGESTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFAZOLIN; CHILD; CITROBACTER KOSERI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; PAIN; URACHAL CYST;

EID: 12744262849     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400111     Document Type: Article

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