Medical treatment for nocardial brain abscesses: Case report [2]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1120-1121

  Braga, Massimiliano ^a   Beretta, Sandro ^a   Farina, Claudio ^b   Pederzoli, Massimo ^a   Repaci, Maria ^a   Casati, Giorgio ^a   Bazzi, Paola ^a   Ferrarini, Massimo ^a   Crespi, Vittorio ^a  

^a DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b U O Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; SHOULDER; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 25144502874     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0801-4     Document Type: Letter

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