Pneumococcal Pyomyositis in a Patient Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Chatterjee, Soumya ^a   Al Hihi, Maysoon ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMYOSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PYOMYOSITIS;

EID: 36448989760     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.05.007     Document Type: Letter

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