Abdominal nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a university hospital in Taiwan from 1997 to 2003

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-376

  Ding, Liang Wen ^a,b   Lai, Chih Cheng ^a,b   Lee, Li Na ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b  

^a LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdominal infection; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Peritonitis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33645946995     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60132-7     Document Type: Article

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