Nocardia asteroides pneumonia with bacteraemia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-172

  Figgis, Patricia A ^a   Glanville, Allan R ^b   Harkness, John L ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

EID: 0042889280     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05481.x     Document Type: Letter

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