Spontaneous rupture of the spleen caused by a Bacillus infection: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 733-737

  Aoyagi, Shigeaki ^a   Kosuga, Tomokazu ^a   Ogata, Toshiro ^a   Yasunaga, Masafumi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant therapy; Bacillus species; Splenic infarction; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC INFARCTION; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68649125887     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-008-3911-7     Document Type: Article

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