Disseminated nocardiosis presenting with cardiac tamponade in an HIV patient

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 839-840

  Leang, Bunse ^a   Lynen, Lut ^b   Lim, Kruy ^a   Jacques, Gary ^a   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^b   Zolfo, Maria ^b  

^a Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE   (Cambodia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; HIV; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 10944242242     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462042563620     Document Type: Article

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