CT findings of pulmonary nocardiosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kanne, Jeffrey P ^a   Yandow, Donald R ^a   Mohammed, Tan Lucien H ^b   Meyer, Cristopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; CT; Immunocompromise; Lung infections; Nocardia; Nocardiosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

SULFONAMIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG NOCARDIOSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VASCULITIS; THORAX MALFORMATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; SULFONAMIDES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960734410     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6208     Document Type: Article

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