Rhodococcus equi mastoiditis in a patient with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 713-

  Lopes Cardoso, Fernando Luiz ^a,b   Machado, Elizabeth Stankiewicz ^a   Souza, Maria José ^a   Cunha, Rosamélia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DOS SERVIDORES DO ESTADO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THRUSH;

EID: 19244364065     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.4.713     Document Type: Article

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