Disseminated nocardia transvalensis infection with osteomyelitis and multiple brain abscesses

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Montoya, Jean Paul ^a   Carpenter, John L ^a   Holmes, Gary P ^a   Hurley, Douglas L ^a   Winn, Richard ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOGRAMIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE DISEASE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMUR; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAM STAINING; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LEG DISEASE; LEG PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038663129     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000026959     Document Type: Review

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