Lactobacillus rhamnosus hepatic abscess associated with Mirizzi syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-97

  Chan, Jasper F W ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Fan, Rachel Y Y ^a   Ip, Janice J K ^a   Chan, Charles F ^a   Luk, James K H ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; Liver abscess; Mirizzi syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 71049145703     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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