Diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in retroperitoneal abscess

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1107-1109

  Tunuguntla, Anuradha ^a   Raza, Rafi ^a   Hudgins, Larry ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed axial tomography; Retroperitoneal abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIATRIZOATE; GALLIUM 67; IMIPENEM; INDIUM 111;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; RETROPERITONEUM; SURGICAL RISK;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8744298391     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000136264.83189.10     Document Type: Article

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