Iliopsoas abscesses: Diagnostic, aetiologic and therapeutic approach in five patients with a literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 594-599

  Charalampopoulos, Anestis ^a   MacHeras, Anastasios ^a   Charalabopoulos, Alexandros ^a   Fotiadis, Constantin ^a   Charalabopoulos, Konstantinos ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Iliopsoas abscess; Primary abscess; Retroperitoneal area; Secondary abscess; Tuberculous abscess

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; OXACILLIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CECUM CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC DIET; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE CULTURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67651121959     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520902745054     Document Type: Article

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