Bacteriological and histopathological investigations of liver abscesses
Date
2010-12-03
Authors
Lechtenberg, K.F.
Leipold, H.W.
Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G.
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Publisher
Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Abstract
Fusobacterium necrophorum was the predominant bacterial isolate from 49 liver abscesses. Biotype A tended to occur in pure infections and produced a more severe tissue reaction than biotype B, which tended to occur as a mixed infection.
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Beef, Liver abscesses, Bacteria