Endobronchial actinomycosis caused by occult foreign body aspiration

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-212

  Ocal, Zeynep ^a   Ozdogan, Sevda ^a,b   Caglayan, Benan ^a   Salepci, Banu ^a   Tuzlali, Pinar ^a  

^a Dr Lutfi KNrdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

EID: 3142656799     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.210     Document Type: Article

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