Molecular diagnosis of Nocardia farcinica from a cerebral abscess

Human Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1117-1121

  Tatti, Kathleen M ^a   Shieh, Wun Ju ^a   Phillips, Sonya ^b   Augenbraun, Michael ^b   Rao, Chandrakant ^b   Zaki, Sherif R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Cerebral abscess; Nocardia farcinica; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; FORMALDEHYDE; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DNA DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 33746043311     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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