VapB-positive Rhodococcus equi infection in an HIV-infected patient in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-40

  Mizuno, Yasutaka ^a   Sato, Fumiya ^a   Sakamoto, Mitsuo ^a   Yoshikawa, Koji ^a   Yoshida, Masaki ^a   Shiba, Koya ^a   Onodera, Shoichi ^a   Matsuura, Ryoko ^b   Takai, Shinji ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HIV; Lung abscess; Rhodococcus equi; VapB

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; ERYTHROMYCIN; GANCICLOVIR; LAMIVUDINE; RIFAMPICIN; TOSUFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RASH; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SIDE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 15044349718     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-004-0355-x     Document Type: Article

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