Venous access port-related Nocardia bacteremia with successful short-term antibiotics treatment

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 416-418

  Feng, Yin Hsun ^a   Huang, Wen Tsung ^a   Tsao, Chao Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Central venous catheterization; Nocardia asteroides

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GENTAMICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NOSE CARCINOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 6344243776     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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