Efficacy of amikacin combinations for nocardiosis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-163

  Kanemitsu, Keiji ^b   Kunishima, Hiroyuki ^b   Saga, Tomoo ^b   Harigae, Hideo ^b   Ishikawa, Shiho ^b   Takemura, Hiromu ^a   Kaku, Mitsuo ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amikacin; Combination therapy; FIC index; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FROPENEM; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; RNA 16S; SPARFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ROTHIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; LACTAMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOMYCES; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0346959669     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.201.157     Document Type: Article

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