Nocardia bacteraemia in an HIV positive patient - A case report

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-288

  Ramchandran, R ^a   Swaminathan, S ^a   Sulochana, S ^a   Paramasivan, C N ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; HIV; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0345256303     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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