Disseminated nocardiosis in an immunocompetent child

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-78

  Singh, N P ^a   Goyal, Renu ^a   Manchanda, Vikas ^a   Gupta, Piyush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; PHENYTOIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

CHILD HEALTH;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; MALE; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ABSCESS; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0037340435     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803125002904     Document Type: Article

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