Primary subcutaneous nocardial infection in a SLE patient

Lupus

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 164-167

  Balbir Gurman, A ^a   Schapira, D ^a   Nahir, A M ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Nocordia; SLE

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0032939975     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096120399678847542     Document Type: Article

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