Infectious Diseases and the Gallbladder

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 885-898

  Julka, Kabir ^a   Ko, Cynthia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acalculous cholecystitis; Acute cholecystitis; Cholecystitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GALLSTONE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 77957726568     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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