Short report: Primary super-infection of hydatid cyst-clinical setting and microbiology in 37 cases

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 376-378

  García, Moncef Belhassen ^a   Lledías, Javier Pardo ^b   Pérez, Inmaculada Galindo ^a   Tirado, Virginia Velasco ^a   Pardo, Lucia Fuentes ^a   Bellvís, Luis Muñoz ^a   Varela, Gonzalo ^a   Sánchez, Miguel Cordero ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SUPERINFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 77949862061     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0375     Document Type: Article

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