Pyogenic liver abscess presenting after malignant polypectomy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3524-3525

  Harnik, Ian G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Pyogenic liver abscess; Streptococcus constellatus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35948948235     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9592-4     Document Type: Article

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