Nodular lymphangitis caused by Nocardia asteroides;Linfangitis nodular por Nocardia asteroides

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 385-388

  Comellas, Josep ^a   Morales, Micaela ^a   Granell, Fernando ^a  

^a Hospital Asepeyo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nocardia asteroides; Nodular lymphangitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PENETRATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0034488976     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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