Primary cervicofacial nocardiosis due to Nocardia asteroides in an adult immunocompetent patient [12]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 391-392

  Corazza, Monica ^a   Ligrone, Luigi ^a   Libanore, Marco ^a   Virgili, Annarosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; TEICOPLANIN;

AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036402397     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155502320624230     Document Type: Letter

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