Nocardia asteriods spinal osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised host from South India

Neurology Asia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-112

  Nagmoti, M B ^a   Raviraj, Ghorpade ^b   Sonali, Budhgaonkar ^b   Jyoti, M Nagmoti ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INDIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

EID: 70349817825     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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