Surgery in thoracic actinomycosis

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 314-319

  Boudaya, Mohamed Sadok ^a   Smadhi, Hanène ^a   Marghli, Adel ^a   Mouna, Mlika ^a   Charmiti, Fatma ^a   Ismail, Olfa ^a   Kilani, Tarek ^a  

^a ABDERRAHMAN MAMI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Diagnosis; Differential; Hemoptysis; Lung diseases; Pneumonectomy

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUPPURATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WEDGE RESECTION; ARTICLE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX DISEASE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

EID: 84867631441     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 18165370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492312439310     Document Type: Review

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