Therapeutic impact of CT-guided percutaneous catheter drainage in treatment of deep tissue abscesses

Combination therapy of CT-guided percutaneous drainage and antibiotics is the first-line treatment for abscesses. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated. However, the therapeutic impact of this procedure for infection treatment has never been reported. We retrospectively analyzed all 47 patients wh...

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Main Authors: Nobuhiro Asai, Yoshihiro Ohkuni, Ikuo Yamazaki, Norihiro Kaneko, Masahiro Aoshima, Yasutaka Kawamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000400015&lng=en&tlng=en