Citrobacter freundii empyema in a patient with occult pulmonary histoplasmosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 315, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 314-316

  Chuang, Alice W ^a,b   Lewis, James B ^a,b   Golden, Emmel B ^a,b   Bhaskar, Sudhir K ^a,b   Bronze, Michael S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrobacter; Empyema; Histoplasmosis; Occult infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031969690     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199805000-00005     Document Type: Article

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