Streptococcus intermedius liver abscesses and colon cancer: A case report

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 341-342

  Millichap, J J ^a,c   McKendrick, A I ^b   Drelichman, V S ^b  

^a American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine   (Netherlands Antilles)

^b PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SULTAMICILLIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SIGMOIDECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS;

EID: 30644471576     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000500014     Document Type: Article

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