First case report of community-acquired pneumonia due to Tsukamurella pulmonis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-148

  Maalouf, Roger ^a   Mierau, Susanna B ^a   Moore, Thomas A ^a   Kaul, Anand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TSUKAMURELLA PULMONIS;

EID: 58749096165     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-2-200901200-00022     Document Type: Letter

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