Pulmonary tuberculosis mimicking a severe community-acquired pneumonia with rhabdomyolysis;Tubercolosi polmonare che mima una polmonite comunitaria grave con rabdomiolisi

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-148

  Tedesco, Andrea ^a   Guglielmetti, Lorenzo ^a   Conti, Michela ^a   Cazzadori, Angelo ^a   Concia, Ercole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAP; Fluoroquinolones; Immigration; Paediatric tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84879187727     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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