Thoracic actinomycosis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 578-583

  Taştepe, Abdullah Irfan ^a   Ulaşan, Neslihan Gülay ^a   Liman, Şerife Tuba ^a   Demircan, Sedat ^a   Uzar, Ali ^a  

^a Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Surgery; Thoracic; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY;

EID: 0032413330     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00240-1     Document Type: Article

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