Pyogenic liver abscess caused by Burkhoderia pseudomallei in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 689-693

  Lee, Yu Lin ^a   Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^a   Tsai, Hung Chin ^a   Chen, Yao Shen ^a   Wann, Shue Ren ^a   Kao, Chih Hsiang ^a   Liu, Yung Ching ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver abscess; Melioidosis; Spleen abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALERTNESS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PROSTATE DISEASE; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RELAPSE; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; SUPERINFECTION; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33748493208     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60171-6     Document Type: Article

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