Features distinguishing amoebic from pyogenic liver abscess: A review of 577 adult cases

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 718-723

  Lodhi, S ^a   Sarwari, A R ^b,c   Muzammil, M ^a   Salam, A ^a   Smego, R A ^b,c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoebic abscess; Liver abscess; Pyogenic

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

DISEASE TREATMENT;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TITRIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 3042633934     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01246.x     Document Type: Review

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