Tuberculous liver abscess not associated with lung involvement

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-523

  Hayashi, Mitsutoshi ^a   Yamawaki, Isao ^a   Okajima, Kiyotaka ^a   Tomimatsu, Masahiko ^a   Ohkawa, Shin Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Tuberculous liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; SIDE EFFECT; SPLEEN ABSCESS; TISSUE NECROSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC;

EID: 3242810531     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.521     Document Type: Article

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