Causative agents of liver abscess in Thai hepatitis B carriers

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a   Suwansaksri, Jamsai ^a   Suwansaksri, Nattakarn ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Mukdaharn Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAILAND; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 25144434366     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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