'Nocardia asteroides' mycetoma of the foot [3]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 640-642

  Gugnani, H C ^a   Sehgal, V N ^b   Singh, V K ^a   Boiron, P ^c   Kumar, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b Sehgal Nursing Home   (India)

^c Laboratoire de Mycologie   (France)

^d SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MYCETOMA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0036855545     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2002.00653_3.x     Document Type: Letter

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