Adjuvant interferon-gamma immunotherapy in a patient with progressive cerebral Nocardia abscesses

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 25-28

  Leentjens, Jenneke ^a   Gresnigt, Mark S ^a   van de Veerdonk, Frank L ^a   Kox, Matthijs ^a   Kullberg, Bart Jan ^a   Pickkers, Peter ^a   Brouwer, Annemarie E ^b   Netea, Mihai G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; IFN gamma; Immunotherapy; Nocardia; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; RNA 16S; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE CULTURE; VERTIGO; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 85017417748     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.03.013     Document Type: Article

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