Nocardia veterana bloodstream infection in a patient with cancer and a summary of reported cases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 483-486

  Ansari, Shoaib R ^a   Han, Xiang Y ^a   O'Brien, Susan ^a   Safdar, Amar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VORICONAZOLE;

ACTINOMYCES; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; NOCARDIA VETERANA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; REVIEW LITERATURE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750318670     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.03.005     Document Type: Letter

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