Gas-forming pyogenic liver abscess

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Chong, Vui Heng ^a   Yong, A M L ^a   Wahab, A Y ^b  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b Department of Critical Care Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Formic hydrogenlyase; Gas forming liver abscess; Hepatic abscess; Liver abscess; Pyogenic liver abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GAS FORMING PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PSEUDOTUMOR; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS;

ADULT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 44149105132     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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