Fusobacterium nucleatum empyema necessitans

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1596-1598

  Hockensmith, Melinda L ^a   Mellman, David L ^a   Aronsen, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA; EMPYEMA NECESSITANS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN;

EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORAX;

EID: 0033397245     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313553     Document Type: Article

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