Pulmonary Abscess Due to Leuconostoc Species in en Immunocompetent Patient;Absceso pulmonar por Leuconostoc spp. en un paciente no inmunodeprimido

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 471-472

  Camarasa, Ana ^a   Chiner, Eusebi ^a   Norberto Sancho Chust, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFDITOREN PIVOXIL; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; LEUCONOSTOC; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CEPHALOSPORINS; CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUCONOSTOC; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 67849099132     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2009.01.004     Document Type: Letter

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