Pyogenic liver abscess: Is drainage always possible?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 435-436

  Sommariva, Antonio ^a,c   Donisi, Pietro Maria ^a   Leoni, Giovanni ^a   Ardit, Stefano ^a   Renier, Marco ^a   Gnocato, Barbara ^a,b   Tremolada, Carlo ^a,b  

^a Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale SS Giovanni e Paolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drainage; Liver abscess; Pyogenic

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DRAINAGE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33645096148     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200604000-00019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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