Case report: Nocardia infection associated with ectopic cushings

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rizwan, Azra ^a   Sarfaraz, Aqiba ^a   Jabbar, Abdul ^a   Akhter, Jaweed ^a   Islam, Najmul ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ACTH Adrenocorticotrophin Hormone; IPSS inferior petrosal sinus sampling; TS trimethoprim sulphamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOTROPIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIPENEM; INSULIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LOSARTAN; OFLOXACIN; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRACKLE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ECTOPIC CUSHING; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INFERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; LETHARGY; LUNG LESION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; PNEUMONIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SLEEP DISORDER; SWELLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84902716379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6823-14-51     Document Type: Article

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