Isolated endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Nocardia spp in an immunocompetent adult [1]

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1226-

  De Silva, T ^a   Evans, C ^a   Mudhar, H S ^a   Rennie, I ^a   Green, S T ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BODY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 33751220815     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.036343     Document Type: Letter

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