The role of surgery in hemoptysis caused by thoracic actinomycosis; a forgotten disease

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 694-698

  Lu, Ming Shian ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^a   Yeh, Chi Hsiao ^a   Wu, Yi Cheng ^a   Liu, Yun Hen ^a   Hsieh, Ming Ju ^a   Chen, Tzu Ping ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hemoptysis; Sulfur granule; Thoracic actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0142247530     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00515-3     Document Type: Article

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