Actinomycosis presenting as a chronic excavated pneumonia in a young woman;Pneumopathie abcédée chronique chez une jeune femme, révélant une actinomycose thoracique

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 21, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 591-594

  Lacassagne, L ^a   Migueres M ^a   Fajadet, P ^a   Carrie J M ^a   Pradere M ^b  

^a Nouvelle Clinique de   (France)

^b Nouvelle Clinique de l'Union   (France)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Lung abscess; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LOBE; LUNG TUMOR; MOUTH HYGIENE; REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 3242806695     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8425(04)71365-0     Document Type: Review

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