Actinomycotic infection of the oesophagus

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Abdalla, Jehad ^a,b   Myers, James ^a,b   Moorman, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal; Gastrointestinal; Infection; Review

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRACHEA CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ULCER;

EID: 22144438992     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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