Nocardia pneumonia with empyema thoracis in a healthy neonate: A case report

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 438-441

  Tantracheewathorn, Taweewong ^a,c   Lolekha, Somsak ^b   Tantracheewathorn, Supapan ^a  

^a NAVAMINDRADHIRAJ UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Empyema Thoracis; Nocardia; Nocardiosis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942596541     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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