Psoas abscess - Not as rare as we think?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-274

  Garner, Jeff P ^a,b   Meiring, P D ^a   Ravi, K ^a   Gupta, R ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT scanning; Neoplastic; Psoas abscess; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIVERTICULITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSOAS ABSCESS; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947594530     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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