Nocardia brasiliensis in Italy: A nine-year experience

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 969-974

  Farina, Claudio ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Andrini, Laura ^b   Bruno, Gianfranco ^c   Sarti, Mario ^d   Tripodi, Marie Françoise ^e   Utili, Riccardo ^e   Boiron, Patrick ^f,g  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c San Salvatore Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^d Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^g European Confederation of Medical Mycology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; ROKITAMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ITALY; MALE; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 36348960626     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701466124     Document Type: Article

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