Nocardia farcinica septicemia in a patient with hodgkin’s disease and literature review

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 238-243

  Mokaddas, E M ^a   Patel, J G ^a   Khan, Z U ^a   Sanyal, S C ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cephalosporin resistance; Hodgkin rsquo; s disease; Nocardemia; Nocardia farcinica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007373820     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157413     Document Type: Article

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