Disseminated cutaneous nocardiosis mimicking cellulitis and erythema nodosum

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  George, Saira J ^a   Rivera, Allison M ^a   Hsu, Sylvia ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 33845637592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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