Actinomycotic liver abscess: A rare complication of colonic diverticular disease

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-98

  Joshi, Vijay ^a   Koulaouzidis, Anastasios ^b   McGoldrick, Steve ^a   Tighe, Mark ^a   Tan, Chew ^a  

^a North Cheshire NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Diverticular disease; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COLLAPSE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPOTENSION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; TACHYCARDIA; URETER OBSTRUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954595102     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31688-6     Document Type: Article

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