Disseminated and cerebral infection due to Nocardia farcinica: Diagnosis by blood culture and cure with antibiotics alone

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1165-1167

  Peters, Bruce R ^b   Saubolle, Michael A ^a   Costantino, John M ^b  

^a Department of Medical Toxicology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISONE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN ABSCESS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029911372     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1165     Document Type: Article

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