Nocardia asteroides lung abscess in acute ulcerative colitis treated with cyclosporine

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2255-2256

  Stack, William A ^a,b   Richardson, Paul D ^a   Logan, Robert P H ^a   Mahida, Yashwant R ^a   Hawkey, Christopher J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BON SECOURS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROCORTISONE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; THORAX PAIN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034942303     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02534-5     Document Type: Article

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