Lung, pleural and colon actinomycosis in an immunocompromised patient: A rare form of presentation

Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-211

  Charalabopoulos, K ^a   Charalabopoulos, A K ^a   Papalimneou, V ^a   Ioachim, E ^a   Constantopoulos, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Fine needle aspiration; Immunocompromised patient; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLONIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041672562     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071147     Document Type: Article

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