Nocardia spp. wound infection in a tsunami survivor from Thailand, 2004

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-127

  Blanc, V ^a   Bohic, J Y ^a   Lerousseau, L ^a   Del Giudice, P ^b   Rodriguez Nava V ^c   Boiron, P ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier d'Antibes   (France)

^b Service de dermatologie infectiologie   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Linezolid; Nocardia spp.; Tsunami; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; RNA 16S;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEW SPECIES; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RNA SEQUENCE; TSUNAMI; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOUND INFECTION;

NOCARDIA;

EID: 45249123209     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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