Nocardiosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 891-905

  Lerner, Phillip I ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mt Sinai Medical Center Cleveland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; IMIPENEM; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029768751     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.891     Document Type: Article

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