Pulmonary actinomycosis in a patient with diffuse systemic sclerosis treated with infliximab

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 419-421

  Marie, Isabelle ^a   Lahaxe, L ^a   Levesque, H ^a   Heliot, P ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DILTIAZEM; IMIPENEM; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; OMEPRAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES MEYERI; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JOINT INJURY; LETTER; LUNG ACTINOMYCOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 42949112497     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn028     Document Type: Letter

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