Thoracic actinomycosis presented with tracheoesophageal fistula and fatal pulmonary infection

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1471-1473

  Aldaqal, Saleh M ^a   Bakhsh, Talal M ^a   Almarhabi, Yahya A ^a   Fakiha, Mahmoud G ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SPUTUM; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 7244231403     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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