Primary psoas abscess due to Streptococcus milleri

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bagul, Nitin B ^a   Abeysekara, Abeywardana M S ^b   Jacob, Sabu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b KING GEORGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSOAS ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS ABSCESS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40749157937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-7-7     Document Type: Article

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