Pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia exalbida complicating Pneumocystis pneumonia in an HIV-infected patient

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-551

  Imai, Kentaro ^a   Koibuchi, Tomohiko ^a   Kikuchi, Tadashi ^a   Koga, Michiko ^a   Nakamura, Hitomi ^a   Miura, Toshiyuki ^a   Gonoi, Tohru ^b   Yazawa, Katsukiyo ^b   Iwamoto, Aikichi ^a   Fujii, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Garenoxacin (GRNX); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Nocardia exalbida; Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP); Pulmonary nocardiosis; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP SMX)

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; GARENOXACIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PANIPENEM; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA EXALBIDA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80052866969     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0211-8     Document Type: Article

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