Pulmonary Nocardiosis in a Heart Transplant Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-97

  Haddad, François ^a   Hunt, Sharon A ^a   Perlroth, Mark ^a   Valantine, Hannah ^a   Doyle, Ramona ^a   Montoya, Jose ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; ISONIAZID; MOXIFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOSIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECIPIENT; RELAPSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846215570     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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