Nocardial brain abscess in a renal transplant recipient

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 321-324

  Shin, Ji Hoon ^a   Lee, Ho Kyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain; Kidney transplantation; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

NOCARDIAL BRAIN;

NEUROLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041426231     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(02)00554-5     Document Type: Article

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