Approach to the Patient Who Has Suspected Acute Bacterial Cholangitis

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 409-423

  Qureshi, Waqar A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MEZLOCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PAPILLOMA; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; VITAL SIGN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHOLANGITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 33746566538     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2006.05.005     Document Type: Review

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