Liverabscss in Srinagrind Hospital
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2010-05-22
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Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
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Liver abscess is a common disease in Thailand. Most of liver abscesses are pyogenic or amoebic in orgin. However pyogenic abscess cause by Pseudomonas pseudomaillei (Melioidosis abscess) is among the most common pathogen in Northeast Thailand. Antibiotic treatemtn of melioidosis liver abscess is generally different from other pyogenic abscess. The criteria to differentiation between amoebic, melioidosis and other pyogenic liver abscess is important in clinical practice especially in Northeast of Thailand, where the incidence of melioidosis is hith.
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Srinagarind Medical Journal (SMJ); Vo. 9 No. 4 October-December 1994; 183-188