Cavitary pneumonia due to Rhodococcus equi in a heart transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-46

  Kwak, E J ^a   Strollo, D C ^a   Kulich, S M ^a   Kusne, Shimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart transplant; Pneumonia; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BREEDING; CARPENTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CAVITATION; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0038010654     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2003.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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