Brain abscess due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum: Report of a case and review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 381-384

  Hemmersbach Miller, Marion ^a   Martel, Alicia Conde ^a   Benítez, Ana Bordes ^a   Sosa, Ana Ojeda ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYOSITIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NOCARDIOSIS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242752725     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020398     Document Type: Article

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