Rhodococcus equi infection in 3 AIDS patients

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-105

  Colebunders, R ^a,b   De Roo, A ^a,b   Verstraeten, T ^a,b   Van Den Abbeele, K ^a,b   Ieven, M ^b   Hauben, E ^b   Van Marck, E ^b   Schaal, K ^c   Portaels, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CILASTATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0029943975     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17843286.1996.11718494     Document Type: Article

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