Nocardia thyroiditis: Unusual location of infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2323-2325

  Carriere, Christian ^a   Marchandin, Helene ^a   Andrieu, Jean Michel ^b   Vandome, Anne ^c   Perez, Colette ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 0033036275     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2323-2325.1999     Document Type: Article

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