Disseminated Nocardia asteroides complex infection in an immunocompromised child [5]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 287-288

  Kouppari, G ^a   Zaphiropoulou, A ^a   Skandami, V ^a   Stamos, H G ^a   Papadatos, J ^a   Sinaniotis, C ^a   Deliyianni, V ^a  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES;

EID: 0034191857     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00077-4.x     Document Type: Letter

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