Pulmonary actinomycosis during the first decade of 21st century: Cases of 94 patients

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kim, So Ri ^a   Jung, Lae Young ^a   Oh, In Jae ^b   Kim, Young Chul ^b   Shin, Kyeong Cheol ^c   Lee, Min Ki ^d   Yang, Sei Hoon ^e   Park, Hee Sun ^f   Kim, Mi Kyung ^g   Kwak, Jin Young ^h   Um, Soo Jung ⁱ   Ra, Seung Won ^j   Kim, Woo Jin ^k   Kim, Seungsoo ^l   Choi, Eu Gene ^m   Lee, Yong Chul ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^f Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^g Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Presbyterian Medical Center   (South Korea)

ⁱ Dong A University   (South Korea)

^j Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^l The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^m Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Diagnosis; Hemoptysis; Lung; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFETAMET; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFMINOX; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIRAMIDE; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS SULBACTAM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ACTINOMYCOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COUGH; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877613803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-216     Document Type: Article

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