Successful conservative treatment of a hepatic abscess originating from a ruptured renal abscess in an elderly female

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 136-139

  Chou, Chin Yao ^a   Lee, Jin Jung ^a   Lai, Yen Chun ^a   Chang, Wen Han ^a   Su, Yu Jang ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Kidney stones; Liver abscess; Rupture; Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMIKACIN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; FLOMOXEF; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE DURATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY ABSCESS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINE CULTURE; URODYNAMICS; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 56349093938     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1873-9598(08)70053-X     Document Type: Article

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