Nocardia species infections in a large county hospital in Miami: 6 years experience

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-361

  Castro, José G ^a   Espinoza, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV infection; Nocardia; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33947167243     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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