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Unretrieved Gallstones Presenting as a Streptococcus bovis Liver Abscess

We describe a case of a delayed liver abscess presenting two years after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. At exploration, the patient was found to have an unretrieved gallstone as the nidus for the Streptococcus bovis abscess.

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Autores principales: Steerman, Paul H., Steerman, Samuel N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10987408
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spelling pubmed-31131832011-07-12 Unretrieved Gallstones Presenting as a Streptococcus bovis Liver Abscess Steerman, Paul H. Steerman, Samuel N. JSLS Case Reports We describe a case of a delayed liver abscess presenting two years after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. At exploration, the patient was found to have an unretrieved gallstone as the nidus for the Streptococcus bovis abscess. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC3113183/ /pubmed/10987408 Text en © 2000 by JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way.
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title_fullStr Unretrieved Gallstones Presenting as a Streptococcus bovis Liver Abscess
title_full_unstemmed Unretrieved Gallstones Presenting as a Streptococcus bovis Liver Abscess
title_short Unretrieved Gallstones Presenting as a Streptococcus bovis Liver Abscess
title_sort unretrieved gallstones presenting as a streptococcus bovis liver abscess
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