Disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus infection manifesting as fever of unknown origin and intra-abdominal lymphadenitis: Case report and literature review

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-37

  Mueller, P S ^a   Edson, R S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; RIFABUTIN; SPARFLOXACIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

AGED; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035125435     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00211-X     Document Type: Article

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