Clinical characteristics and prognosis factors of splenic abscess: A review of 67 cases in a single medical center of Taiwan

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 460-464

  Chang, Kuo Chin ^a   Chuah, Seng Kee ^a   Changchien, Chi Sin ^a   Tsai, Tung Lung ^a   Lu, Sheng Nan ^a   Chiu, Yi Chun ^a   Chen, Yaw Sen ^a   Wang, Chih Chi ^a   Lin, Jui Wei ^a   Lee, Chuan Mo ^a   Hu, Tsung Hui ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

APACHE II scores; Gram negative bacillus infection; Prognosis; Splenic abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC DISEASES; TAIWAN;

EID: 33644687788     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.460     Document Type: Article

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