| Literature DB >> 16798710 |
Emine Alp1, Orhan Yildiz, Bilgehan Aygen, Bulent Sumerkan, Ismail Sari, Kemal Koc, Andrée Couble, Frederic Laurent, Patrick Boiron, Mehmet Doganay.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16798710 DOI: 10.1080/00365540500532860
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Infect Dis ISSN: 0036-5548