1. Disseminated nocardiosis due to unusual species: two case reports.
- Author
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Alp E, Yildiz O, Aygen B, Sumerkan B, Sari I, Koc K, Couble A, Laurent F, Boiron P, and Doganay M
- Subjects
- Abscess therapy, Adult, Aged, Brain Abscess microbiology, Brain Abscess therapy, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nocardia Infections immunology, Nocardia Infections therapy, Opportunistic Infections immunology, Opportunistic Infections therapy, Sputum microbiology, Abscess microbiology, Nocardia isolation & purification, Nocardia Infections microbiology, Opportunistic Infections microbiology
- Abstract
Pulmonary nocardiosis is the major clinical manifestation of human nocardiosis and disseminated infection can be seen in immunocompromised patients. N. asteroides is the predominant pathogen associated with disseminated diseases. We report 2 cases of pulmonary nocardiosis admitted with disseminated infection, caused by rare species of Nocardia: Nocardia transvalensis and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica.
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- 2006
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