Report of eight cases of pulmonary actinomycosis and their treatment with imipenem-cilastatin

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-129

  Yew, W W ^a   Wong, P C ^a   Lee, J ^a   Fung, S L ^a   Wong, C F ^a   Chan, C Y ^b  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cilastatin; Imipenem; Pulmonary actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CILASTATIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; IMIPENEM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE INHIBITOR;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0032797755     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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