Clinical and microbiological features of nocardiosis 1997-2003

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-550

  Munoz J ^a   Mirelis, B ^a,b   Aragon L M ^a   Gutierrez N ^a   Sanchez F ^a,b   Espanol M ^a   Esparcia, O ^a,b   Gurgui M ^a   Domingo, P ^a   Coll, P ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; SULFADIAZINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ABSCESSUS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA CARNEA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247209155     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46774-0     Document Type: Article

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