Splenic abscess: A review of 22 cases in a single institution

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 537-539

  Llenas García, Jara ^a   Fernández Ruiz, Mario ^a   Caurcel, Luis ^a   Enguita Valls, A ^a   Vila Santos, Juan ^a   Guerra Vales, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Splenic abscess; Splenic candidiasis; Splenic tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SPLENIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949169215     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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