Nocardia asteroides - Infected aneurysm of the aorta: Case report and review of the literature

Vascular

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-168

  Gates, Jonathan D ^a   Warth, James A ^a,b   McGowan, Katherine ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic infection; Infected aneurysm; Nocardia asteroides

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVICE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SALMONELLA; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750739238     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2006.00025     Document Type: Article

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