A Case of Isolated Nocardia asteroides Brain Abscess in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3121-3124

  Ozturk S ^a   Tufan, F ^a   Alisir, S ^a   Gorcin S ^a   Guven D ^a   Cagatay A ^a   Turkmen A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; NEUTROPENIA; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METRONIDAZOLE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750954330     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.08.109     Document Type: Article

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