Recurrent streptococcal hepatic abscesses in a 46-year-old woman

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-329

  Lo, Robert ^a   Rae, Julie ^b   Noack, Deborah ^c   Curnutte, John T ^d   Avila, Pedro C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b InterMune   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 26944485878     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61149-0     Document Type: Article

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