Tissue plasminogen activator in the percutaneous drainage of splenic abscess

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2010 Feb;21(2):307-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.10.027. Epub 2009 Dec 24.

Authors

John D Statler, R Donald Doherty, John J McLaughlin, John D Gleason, Michael P McDermott

PMID: 20036149
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.10.027

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Abscess / microbiology
Abscess / therapy*
Aged
Drainage / methods*
Escherichia coli Infections / diagnostic imaging
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
Escherichia coli Infections / therapy*
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / therapy*
Humans
Male
Peptostreptococcus / isolation & purification
Splenectomy
Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Splenic Diseases / microbiology
Splenic Diseases / therapy*
Thrombolytic Therapy*
Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents
Tissue Plasminogen Activator