Portal vein thrombosis and liver abscess due to Lactococcus lactis

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-147

  Guz̈, Galip ^a   Yeǧin, Zeynep Arzu ^a   Doǧan, Ibrahim ^a   Hizel, Kenan ^a   Bali, Musa ^a   Sindel, Şükrü ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lactococcus lactis; Liver abscess; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBITIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CATHETERIZATION; DRAINAGE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTAL VEIN; THIENAMYCINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 34147095885     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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