Corynebacterium ulcerans infection of the lung mimicking the histology of Churg-Strauss syndrome

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Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1237-1239

  Nureki, Shin Ichi ^a   Miyazaki, Eishi ^a   Matsuno, Osamu ^a   Takenaka, Ryuichi ^a   Ando, Masaru ^a   Kumamoto, Toshihide ^a   Nakano, Tadao ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^b   Ezaki, Takayuki ^b  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; Corynebacterium ulcerans; Eosinophil

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; COUGHING; DIPHTHERIA; EOSINOPHILIA; FATIGUE; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NECROSIS; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34247282169     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2346     Document Type: Article

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