Herpes zoster correlates with pyogenic liver abscesses in Taiwan

BioMedicine (France)

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 24-29

  Shen, Mei Ling ^a,c   Liao, Kuan Fu ^a,b,c   Tsai, Sung Mao ^a   Lin, Cheng Li ^d,e   Lai, Shih Wei ^d,e  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biliary stone; Cancers; Chronic kidney disease; Chronic liver disease; Diabetes mellitus; Herpes zoster; Pyogenic liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 84996486435     PISSN: 22118020     EISSN: 22118039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7603/s40681-016-0022-4     Document Type: Article

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