Partial laparoscopic splenectomy for splenic abscess because of Salmonella infection: a case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  De Greef, Elisabeth ^a   Hoffman, Ilse ^a   Topal, Baki ^a   Broers, Christel ^b   Miserez, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic partial splenectomy; Salmonella; Splenic abscess

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY;

ABSCESS; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 43249126782     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.01.066     Document Type: Article

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