Unusual mixed infection of thoracic empyema caused by Mycobacteria tuberculosis, Nontuberculosis mycobacteria and Nocardia asteroides in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Heng Ching ^a,b   Yu, Wen Liang ^a,c   Shieh, Chi Chang ^b   Cheng, Kuo Chen ^a   Cheng, He Hsiung ^a  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Empyema thoracic; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nocardia asteroides; Nontuberculosis mycobacteria; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PROTEINURIA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACOCENTESIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EMPYEMA, TUBERCULOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; TAIWAN; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 33845587330     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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