Rhodococcus equi subcutaneous abscess in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [20]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-130

  Calista, D ^a  

^a BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIDANOSINE; IMIPENEM; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN SURGERY;

ABSCESS; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SCALP; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 37749042326     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02384.x     Document Type: Letter

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