Bacillus cereus necrotizing pneumonia in a patient with nephrotic syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-104

  Miyata, Jun ^a   Tasaka, Sadatomo ^a   Miyazaki, Masaki ^a   Yoshida, Syuichi ^a   Naoki, Katsuhiko ^a   Sayama, Koichi ^a   Asano, Koichiro ^a   Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^b   Hasegawa, Naoki ^a   Betsuyaku, Tomoko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Corticosteroid; Hypogammaglobulinemia; Necrotizing pneumonia; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA; PROTEINURIA; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NECROSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; QUINOLINES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIENAMYCINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871939973     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.7282     Document Type: Article

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