Prevalence of primary fungal infections in necrotizing pancreatitis

Pancreatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-66

  Berzin, Tyler M ^a   Rocha, Flavio G ^a   Whang, Edward E ^a   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Ashley, Stanley W ^a   Banks, Peter A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Imipenem; Infected necrosis; Necrotizing pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248144951     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101879     Document Type: Article

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