Nocardiosis: A review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 243-250

  Corti, Marcelo E ^a,b   Villafañe Fioti, María F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b cCQG 1406 ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CRYSTALLURIA; DRUG EFFICACY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGURIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OTOTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

EID: 0346257896     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(03)90102-0     Document Type: Review

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