Splenic abscess due to Staphylococcus lentus: A rare entity

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 708-710

  Karachalios, George ^a   Michelis, Fotios ^a   Kanakis, Konstantinos ^a   Karachaliou, Iris ^a   Koutri, Rozetta ^a   Zacharof, Antonios ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATTY LIVER; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARACENTESIS; RARE DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENOMEGALY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINALYSIS;

ABSCESS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; SPLENIC DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33746656652     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500447176     Document Type: Article

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