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Emphysematous liver abscess with hepatic portal venous gas

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  1. Deng-Wei Chou and Keh-Cherng Wey contributed equally to this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Tainan Municipal Hospital (Managed by Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation), Tainan, Taiwan

    Deng-Wei Chou

  2. Department of Nursing, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

    Deng-Wei Chou

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Municipal Hospital (Managed by Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation), Tainan, Taiwan

    Keh-Cherng Wey

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Chou, DW., Wey, KC. Emphysematous liver abscess with hepatic portal venous gas. Intern Emerg Med 14, 1335–1336 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-019-02184-3

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