What if it's acute cholangitis?

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 62-64

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AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENT; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 23344437339     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.2005.43862     Document Type: Review

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