Pyothorax caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with rheumatoid vasculitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 615-619

  Yoshida, Kazuya ^a   Bandoh, Shuji ^a   Fujita, Jiro ^a   Tokuda, Michiaki ^a   Negayama, Kiyoshi ^a   Ishida, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Immunocompromised patient; Susceptibility test

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CASEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTIAM; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; GENTAMICIN; HYPOXANTHINE; IMIPENEM; INSULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; TYROSINE; VANCOMYCIN; XANTHINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NOCARDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 4444291033     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.615     Document Type: Article

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