Primary lymphocutaneous nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Maraki, Sofia ^a   Chochlidakis, Stavros ^a   Nioti, Eleni ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFORANIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; SKIN INFECTION; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33646249591     PISSN: 14760711     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-3-24     Document Type: Article

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