Pulmonary nocardiosis re-visited: Experience of 35 patients at diagnosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 709-717

  Hui, Chi Hung ^a   Au, V W K ^b   Rowland, K ^c   Slavotinek, J P ^b   Gordon, D L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pulmonary nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038651253     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2003.1505     Document Type: Review

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