Splenic abscess due to Brucella infection: Is the splenectomy necessary? Case report and literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-381

  Arco, Alfonso Del ^a   de la Torre Lima, Javier ^a   Prada, José Luís ^a   Aguilar, Josefa ^a   Ruiz Mesa, Juan Diego ^a   Moreno, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; ROSE BENGAL; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RIFAMPIN; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 34147186289     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600978930     Document Type: Article

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