Port-A catheter-associated Nocardia bacteremia detected by Gallium inflammation scan: A case report and literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 775-777

  Lai, Chung Hsu ^a   Chi, Chih Yu ^a,c   Chen, Hsin Pai ^a   Lai, Chorng Jang ^a   Fung, Chang Phone ^a,b   Liu, Cheng Yi ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOXYMESTERONE; GALLIUM; IFOSFAMIDE; IMIPENEM; ISEPAMICIN; MESNA; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; T CELL LYMPHOMA; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 7944236934     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020929a     Document Type: Article

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