Actinomycetoma from Nocardia sp.: Report of five cases treated with imipenem only or combined with amikacin;Actinomicetoma por Nocardia sp.: Informe de cinco casos tratados con imipenem solo o combinado con amikacina

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Fuentes, Adán ^a   Arenas, Roberto ^a   Reyes, Miguel ^a   Fernández, Ramón F ^a   Zacarías, Rogelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Imipenem; Multi resistant; Mycetoma; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACTINOMYCETOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NOCARDIA; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; NOCARDIOSIS;

ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33847410814     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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