Pyogenic and amebic liver abscesses

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Kurland, Jayde E ^a   Brann, Oscar S ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; DILOXANIDE FUROATE; DISULFIRAM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TINIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMPYEMA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HEART TAMPONADE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; JAUNDICE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344573979     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-004-0078-2     Document Type: Review

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