The first isolation of Nocardia nova from an HIV-1 infected individual in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 358-360

  Koibuchi, Tomohiko ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^a   Suzuki, Masato ^a   Minamoto, Fujihiko ^a   Oyaizu, Naoki ^a   Yazawa, Katsukiyo ^b   Mikami, Yuzuru ^b   Iwamoto, Aikichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Nocardia nova; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP); Sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim (SMZ TMP)

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036940810     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-002-0189-3     Document Type: Article

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