Spontaneous intrahepatic gas gangrene and fatal septic shock

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-404

  Meyns, E ^a   Vermeersch, N ^a   Ilsen, B ^a   Hoste, W ^a   Delooz, H ^a   Hubloue, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gas gangrene; Liver abscess; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

BIOPSY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73949120273     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2009.11680447     Document Type: Article

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