Bacteremic infection due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum: Case report and review;Infección bacteriémica por Nocardia otitidiscaviarum: Revisión a propósito de un caso

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 489-492

  Candel, F J ^a   Gonzalez J ^a   Matesanz, M ^a   Cinza, R ^a   Cias R ^a   Candel, I ^a   Pontes, J A ^a   Roca Arbones V ^a   Picazo, J J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteremia; E Test; Immunosupression; Infections; Nocardia otitidiscaviarum

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCARDIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; BACTEREMIA; FATALITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOCARDIOSIS; REVIEW;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33644812295     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: 02127199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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