Pyogenic liver abscess: Clinical profile, microbiological characteristics, and management in a Hong Kong hospital

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-490

  Lok, Ka Ho ^a   Li, Kam Fu ^a   Li, Kin Kong ^a   Szeto, Ming Leung ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian continental ancestry group; Etiology; Liver abscess, pyogenic; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PROGNOSIS; PUS; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62149131422     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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