Disseminated nocardiosis diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy: Quick and accurate diagnostic approach

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 768-771

  Onuma, Kazuya ^a,b   Crespo, Maria M ^a   Dauber, James H ^a   Rubin, Joshua T ^a   Sudilovsky, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Nocardiosis; Organ transplants; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER STAINING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750526479     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20564     Document Type: Article

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