Disseminated Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis infection in a patient with AIDS in Brazil

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-145

  Brown, Barbara A ^a   Lopes, Jorge O ^b   Wilson, Rebecca W ^b   Costa, Jane M ^b   De Vargas, Agueda C ^b   Alves, Sydney H ^b   Klock, Clovis ^b   Onyi, Grace O ^b   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032992220     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517180     Document Type: Article

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