Fulminant infection with emphysematous changes in the biliary tract and air-filled liver abscesses

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-93

  Lopez Zarraga F ^a   Aisa, P ^a   Saenz De Ormijana, J ^a   Diez Orive, M ^a   Anorbe E ^a   Aguirre, X ^a   Paraiso, M ^a   Morales Bravo, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetic complications; Emphysematous cholecystitis; Gas producing infections; Klebsiella; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMPHYSEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LIVER ABSCESS; PROGNOSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 30544446472     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-0346-0     Document Type: Article

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