Pulmonary gangrene secondary to pneumococcal pneumonia in a patient with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 268-269

  Collazos, Julio ^a   Fernande, Arantza ^a   Mayo, José ^a   Martine, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031052935     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.2.268     Document Type: Article

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