Comparison of pyogenic liver abscesses of biliary and cryptogenic origin: An eight-year analysis in a University Hospital

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 135, Issue 23-24, 2005, Pages 344-351

  Chen, Shiuan Chih ^a,b   Yen, Chi Hua ^a,b   Tsao, Shih Ming ^a   Huang, Chi Chou ^a   Chen, Chun Chieh ^a,b   Lee, Meng Chih ^a,b   Bell, William R ^c  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Biliary tract diseases; Cryptogenic origin; Pyogenic liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 23044509221     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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