Pulmonary nocardiosis in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient.
Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection especially in immunocompromised patients. Lungs are the most common infection sites and therapy poses some difficulties. We describe a case of pulmonary infection with Nocardia asteroides in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient. Although the mortality from pulmo...
| Publicado en: | Infection Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 243 - 246 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | case study diagnostic images Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Aug2002
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