Respiratory infection due to Nocardia in patients presenting with chronic airflow obstruction;L'infection respiratoire a Nocardia chez les patients presentant une bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive (BPCO)

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-436

  Lacassagne, L ^a   Didier, A ^a   Murris Espin, M ^a   Rouquet, R M ^a   Clave, D ^a   Lemozy, J ^b   Giron, J ^b   Leophonte, P ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

bronchial superinfection; chronc airflow obstruction; Nocardia; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029684087     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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