Maxillary actinomycosis in an immunocompromised patient with longstanding vasculitis treated with mycophenolate mofetil

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1869-1871

  Tarner, Ingo Helmut ^a,c   Schneidewind, Arne ^a   Linde, Hans Jörg ^b   Schubert, Thomas ^b   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Glück, Thomas ^a   Müller Ladner, Ulf ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine I ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MAXILLA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; OSTEOMYELITIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 4444260905     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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