Nocardia nova as the causative agent in spondylodiscitis and psoas abscess

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 262-265

  Hamdad, Farida ^a   Vidal, Barbara ^a   Douadi, Youcef ^a   Laurans, Genevieve ^a   Canarelli, Brigitte ^a   Choukroun, Gabriel ^a   Rodriguez Nava, Veronica ^b   Boiron, Patrick ^b   Beaman, Blaine ^c   Eb, François ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; SEIZURE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA NOVA;

EID: 33846327616     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.0669-06     Document Type: Article

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