Nocardia transvalensis infection in an immunocompetent patient reported from Turkey

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-298

  Karakan, Yeliz ^a   Elbek, Osman ^a   Uyar, Meral ^a   Zer, Yasemin ^a   Tulu, Mehmet ^b   Dikensoy, Öner ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Merkez Mikrobiyoloji Laboratuvarlan ^*

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Immunocompetent; Nocardia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG NOCARDIOSIS; MALE; NOCARDIOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TURKEY;

EID: 34548716361     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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