Actinomyces meyeri infection: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Infection

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-361

  Fazili, Tasaduq ^a   Blair, Donald ^a   Riddell, Scott ^b   Kiska, Deanna ^b   Nagra, Shehzadi ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Dissemination; Empyema; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES MEYERI; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; DECORTICATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMPYEMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865976827     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.02.016     Document Type: Review

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