Amoebic liver abscess or is it?

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Hu, K C ^a   Lin, C C ^a   Wang, T E ^a   Liu, C Y ^a   Chen, M J ^a   Chang, W H ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TROPHOZOITE; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549124670     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.119149     Document Type: Article

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