Corticosteroids in the treatment of severe nocardia pneumonia in chronic granulomatous disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 806-808

  Freeman, Alexandra F ^a   Marciano, Beatriz E ^a   Anderson, Victoria L ^a   Uzel, Gulbu ^a   Costas, Christ ^b   Holland, Steven M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic granulomatous disease; Nocardia pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMIPENEM; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOXINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NOCARDIOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 80051937660     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318218181d     Document Type: Article

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