Rhodococcus equi infection in HIV-infected patients

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-362

  Donisi, Alessandra ^a,b   Suardi, Maria Grazia ^a   Casari, Salvatore ^a   Longo, Margherita ^a   Cadeo, Gian Pietro ^b   Carosi, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b General Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemosensitivity; HIV; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029873198     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199604000-00002     Document Type: Article

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