Pathologic quiz case: Multiple splenic lesions in a bacteremic patient

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1183-1185

  Fadare, Oluwole ^a   Hileeto, Denise ^a   Mariappan, M Rajan ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 4744372660     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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