Liver abscess in children: An overview

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-216

  Mishra, Kirtisudha ^a   Basu, Srikanta ^a   Roychoudhury, Subhasis ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

children; clinical signs and symptoms; liver abscess; predisposing causes; treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREND STUDY;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER ABSCESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956018806     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-010-0220-1     Document Type: Review

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