Cavitary pneumonia secondary to Tsukamurella in an AIDS patient. First case and a review of the literature

Journal of Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-19

  Alcaide, Maria Luisa ^a   Espinoza, Luis ^b   Abbo, Lilian ^b  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cavitations; Pneumonia; Tsukamurella

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FOREIGN BODY; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG CAVITATION; MALE; NAUSEA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TSUKAMURELLA; VOMITING;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 3242663570     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(03)00139-7     Document Type: Article

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