Rhodococcus equi lung abscess complicating Evan's syndrome treated with corticosteroid

Respiration

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-330

  Tsang, Kenneth W T ^a,b   Lam, Peter S P ^a   Yuen, Kwok Y ^b   Ooi, Clara C G ^b   Lam, Wah Kit ^a   Ip, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evan's syndrome; Lung abscess; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ABSCESS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0031713918     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029288     Document Type: Article

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