Refractory craniofacial actinomycetoma due to Streptomyces somaliensis that required salvage therapy with amikacin and imipenem

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 460-461

  Baril, Laurence ^a,b   Boiron, Patrick ^a,b   Manceron, Véronique ^a,b   Ely, Seydina Oumar Ould ^a,b   Jamet, Pierre ^a,b   Favre, Estelle ^a,b   Caumes, Eric ^a,b   Bricaire, François ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier National   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; MINOCYCLINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCETOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKULL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SOMALIENSIS;

EID: 0032770851     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520246     Document Type: Article

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