Nocardia puris endophthalmitis

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-170

  Papaventsis, D ^a   Siafakas, N ^a   Kondyli, L ^a   Akritidou, M ^a   Pantazi, P ^a   Perdikari, E ^a   Bethimoutis, G ^a   Chatzakis, G ^a   Zerva, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA PURIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 65449183427     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.49438     Document Type: Letter

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