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Short Communication

Unusual multiple large abscesses of the liver: interest of the radiological features and the real-time PCR to distinguish between bacterial and amebic etiologies

Guillaume DesoubeauxCHU de Tours, Service de Parasitologie – Mycologie – Médecine tropicale, Tours, France;Université François RabelaisCEPR – INSERM U1100 / E.A.6305, Faculté de Médecine, Tours, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hélène ChaussadeCHU de Tours, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Tours, France
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Marc ThellierCHU La Pitié-SalpêtrièreLaboratoire de Parasitologie – Mycologie, Paris, France;Université Pierre et Marie CurieINSERM U511 / UMR S945 Paris VI, France;INSERM U511 / UMR-S945, Paris, France
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Sophie PoussingCHU de Tours, Service de Parasitologie – Mycologie – Médecine tropicale, Tours, France
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Frédéric BastidesCHU de Tours, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Tours, France
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Eric BaillyCHU de Tours, Service de Parasitologie – Mycologie – Médecine tropicale, Tours, France
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Philippe LanotteCHU de Tours, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Tours, France;Université François Rabelais, E5 “Bactéries et risque materno-foetal”, UMR 1282 ISP, INRA, Nouzilly, France
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Daniel AlisonCHU de Tours, Service de Radiologie Adulte, Tours, France
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Laurent BrunereauCHU de Tours, Service de Radiologie Adulte, Tours, France
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Louis BernardUniversité François RabelaisCEPR – INSERM U1100 / E.A.6305, Faculté de Médecine, Tours, France;CHU de Tours, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Tours, France
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Jacques ChandenierCHU de Tours, Service de Parasitologie – Mycologie – Médecine tropicale, Tours, France;Université François RabelaisCEPR – INSERM U1100 / E.A.6305, Faculté de Médecine, Tours, France
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Pages 53-57 | Published online: 19 Dec 2013

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