Disseminated mycobacterium gordonae infection in an immunocompetent host

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Asija, Amit ^a,b   Prasad, Aakanksha ^a   Eskridge, Etta ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

immunocompetent; Mycobacterium gordonae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LOBE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE INFECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY PET;

EID: 79958057213     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181e32e55     Document Type: Article

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