Sino-nasal bony and cartilaginous destruction associated with cocaine abuse, S. aureus and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 248-251

  Simsek, S ^a   de Vries, X H ^a   Jol, J A D ^a   Spoelstra de Man, A M E ^a   Nanayakkara, P W B ^a   Smulders, Y M ^a   Mahieu, H F ^a   ter Wee, P M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ANCA; Cocaine; S. aureus; Sino nasal destruction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; SOFRADEX;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LOCAL THERAPY; MALE; NOSE INJURY; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; NOSE SMEAR; PALATE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL SEPTUM; NOSE DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33746972879     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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