Staphylococcus aureus, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and Wegener's granulomatosis

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-255

  Kallenberg, Cees G M ^a   Stegeman, Coen A ^a   Tervaert, Jan Willem Cohen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Treatment; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0029741545     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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