Laryngeal infection by Rhodococcus Equi in a patient with AIDS;Laringitis por Rhodococcus equi en paciente con sida

Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 783-788

  Pardo Mateu, Lourdes ^a,b   Faubel Serra, M ^a   Llavero Segovia, M T ^a   Cano Cuenca, B ^a   Perez Climent F ^a   Gimenez Vaillo F ^a   Grau Alario, E ^a   Lazaro Santander, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA PLANA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aids; Immunodeficiency; Laryngitis; Pneumonia; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; RIFATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LARYNGEAL BIOPSY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; PHARYNGOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; DRUG COMBINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARYNGITIS; LARYNX MUCOSA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; LARYNGITIS; MALE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 0036988786     PISSN: 00016519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6519(02)78376-3     Document Type: Article

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