Nocardiosis with brain abscess due to an unusual species, Nocardia transvalensis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-226

  Yorke, Rebecca F ^a   Rouah, Emilie ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0037324254     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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