Liver abscess: A clinicopathological analysis of 82 cases

International Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 228-233

  Mohan, Shalabh ^a   Talwar, Nikhil ^a   Chaudhary, Abhideep ^a   Andley, Manoj ^a,b   Ravi, Bina ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Amebic liver abscess; Catheter drainage; Needle aspiration; Pyogenic abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AMEBICIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845687269     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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