Nonresolving pneumonia

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kheir, Fayez ^a   Hamdi, Tamim ^b   Khayr, Walid ^a   Latta, Shadi ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

bilateral lung infiltrates; dry cough; pulmonary actinomycosis; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 80052729077     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181d10a93     Document Type: Article

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