Actinomycosis of the gallbladder: Case report and review of the literature

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-232

  Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Torab, Fawaz C ^b   Joshi, Sandhya ^a   Sebastian, Michael ^a   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^b  

^a AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Acute cholecystitis; Gallbladder

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM PERFORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; RIGOR;

EID: 23844441899     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60350-X     Document Type: Article

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