Primary anterior abdominal wall actinomycosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 419-421

  Hefny, A F ^a   Joshi, S ^b   Saadeldin, Y A ^b   Fadlalla, H ^b   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^c  

^a AL AIN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle; Abdominal wall mass; Actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL CAVITY INFLAMMATION; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL WALL; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCISION REPAIR; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646479624     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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