Clostridial liver abscess following blunt abdominal trauma: Case report and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 734-737

  Abdel Haq, Nahed M ^a,b   Chearskul, Pimpanada ^a,b   Salimnia, Hossein ^a,c   Asmar, Basim I ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; RNA 16S;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34547553064     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701199865     Document Type: Article

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