Laparoscopic treatment of pyogenic liver abscess complicating Crohn's disease: A case report

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-61

  Baca, Bilgi ^a   Hamzaoǧlu, Ismail ^a,c   Karahasanoǧlu, Tayfun ^a   Hamzaoǧlu, Hülya Över ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Laparoscopic drainage of liver abscess

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE;

EID: 43549092856     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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