Cytologic diagnosis of pulmonary nocardiosis: A report of 3 cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-570

  Mathur, Sandeep ^a   Sood, Rita ^a   Aron, Manju ^a   Iyer, Venkateswaran K ^a   Verma, Kusum ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Nocardia infections; Pulmonary diseases

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER METHANAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY GUIDED ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NOCARDIOSIS; MALE; MODIFIED ZIEHL NEELSEN STAIN; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NOCARDIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STAINING; STEROID THERAPY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOGRAPHY;

NOCARDIA;

EID: 24944529169     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326207     Document Type: Article

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