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Intra‐abdominal pneumococcal abscess
Author(s) -
Mutton Kenneth J
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb142085.x
Subject(s) - medicine , streptococcus pneumoniae , abscess , abdominal pain , general surgery , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A 25‐year‐old woman with the adrenogenital syndrome was admitted to hospital because of abdominal pain. Streptococcus pneumoniae was present in pus obtained from an abscess in the appendix area.