Actinomyces naeslundii lung infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction coupled with electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1163-1165

  Hussenet, Claire ^a   LeGoff, Jérôme ^a   Lorillon, Gwenaël ^a   Simon, François ^a   Bergeron, Anne ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ACTINOMYCES; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911939151     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201405-219LE     Document Type: Letter

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