Nocardiosis in a teaching hospital in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey: Treatment and outcome

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 495-499

  Yildiz, O ^a   Alp, E ^a   Tokgoz, B ^a   Tucer, B ^a   Aygen, B ^a   Sumerkan, B ^a   Couble, A ^b   Boiron, P ^b   Doganay, M ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Cerebral infection; Nocardia spp.; Predisposing factors; Pulmonary infection; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; TEICOPLANIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA FARCINICA;

EID: 19744366644     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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