An autopsy case of Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection complicated with rheumatoid arthritis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1273-1276

  Fujita, Kumi ^a,b   Tanaka, Eisaku ^a   Hatta, Kazuhiro ^a   Kori, Yoshiaki ^a   Taguchi, Yoshio ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Tenri Institute of Medical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Drug resistance; Mycobacterium abscessus; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FATALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 49649104328     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1023     Document Type: Article

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