Pulmonary Nocardia transvalensis infection: A case report and review

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 516-518

  Nampoory, M R N ^a   Khan, Z U ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Emerging pathogens; Nocardia transvalensis infection; Nocardiosis in diabetics; Pulmonary nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NOCARDIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030659174     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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