Pulmonary actinomycosis in a male patient with a tracheal bronchus

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-86

  Costiniuk, Cecilia T ^a   Voduc, Nha ^a   de Souza, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A meyeri; Accessory tracheal bronchus; Actinomyces; Bronchus suis; Congenital lung abnormality; Pulmonary actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES MEYERI; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL LUNG DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COUGHING; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ACTINOMYCOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL BRONCHUS; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84858726205     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/462608     Document Type: Article

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