Case 27-2006: A 17-year-old boy with fever and lesions in the liver and spleen

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 941-948

  Pelton, Stephen I ^a,b   Kim, John Y ^c   Kradin, Richard L ^c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBACTER; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LIVER NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SPLEEN; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; ABSCESS; ANEMIA; BLOOD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33748190770     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc069017     Document Type: Article

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