Thoracic actinomycosis: CT features with histopathologic correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 225-231

  Tae, Sung Kim ^a   Han, Joungho ^a   Koh, Won Jung ^a   Jae, Chol Choi ^a   Myung, Jin Chung ^a   Ju, Hyun Lee ^a   Sung, Shine Shim ^a   Chong, Semin ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Broncholithiasis; CT; Endobronchial actinomycosis; Thoracic actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOBRONCHIAL ACTINOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION; LUNG DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644841801     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1749     Document Type: Article

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