Adult liver abscess: Characteristics of patients living in rural north-eastern Taiwan

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 949-953

  Kang, S C ^a   Hsu, N W ^a   Tang, G J ^a   Hwang, S J ^a,b   Fung, C P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649145446     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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