Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Cokkinos, Demosthenes D ^a   Spanou, Eleftheria ^b   Giannou, Styliani ^a   Protopapa, Elissavet ^a   Kyriakou, Loukas ^b   Mantzoukis, Dimosthenis ^b  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Pulmonary nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROTHORAX; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELAPSE; SEPSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CILASTATIN; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 31344476502     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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