Localized subcutaneous Nocardia farcinica abscess in a woman with overlap syndrome between systemic scleroderma and polymyositis

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 582-584

  Auzary, Christophe ^a   Mouthon, Luc ^a,c   Soilleux, Marc ^a   Cohen, Pascal ^a   Boiron, Patrick ^b   Guillevin, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

8 Immunosuppressive therapy; Connective tissue disease; Cutaneous infection; Nocardia farcinica

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; POLYMYOSITIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; POLYMYOSITIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033386159     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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