Bacteria that masquerade as fungi: Actinomycosis/Nocardia

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Sullivan, Donna C ^a   Chapman, Stanley W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Filamentous bacteria; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN DERIVATIVE; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARACHNIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GORDONA; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; ROTHIA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; TSUKAMURELLA; CELLULITIS; DISEASE COURSE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; SKIN INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; CELLULITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 77955479673     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: 19435665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200907-077AL     Document Type: Review

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