Nocardiosis: A case series and a mini review of clinical and microbiological features

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 199-202

  Agterof, M J ^a   van der Bruggen, T ^a   Tersmette, M ^a   ter Borg, E J ^a   van den Bosch, J M M ^a   Biesma, D H ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immunocomprised; Nocardia; Nocardia veterana; Nocardiosis; Sulphonamide; Trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMIPENEM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANEMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORNING STIFFNESS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUTROPENIA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA VETERANA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; RASH; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SKIN DISEASE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 34347211738     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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