Nocardiosis: Review of clinical and laboratory experience

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4497-4501

  Saubolle, Michael A ^a,b,c   Sussland, Den ^a  

^a SONORA QUEST LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA;

EID: 0141993037     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4497-4501.2003     Document Type: Short Survey

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