Chronic pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient without impaired immunity

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 248-250

  Linares, M J ^a   Lopez Encuentra A ^a   Perea, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

pulmonary infection; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; THORACOTOMY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 1842296421     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10010248     Document Type: Article

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