A Case of Nocardia farcinica Pneumonia and Mediastinitis in an Immunocompetent Patient

Nocardia species are aerobic, gram-positive pathogens found worldwide in soil. Nocardia is considered an opportunistic pathogen, and its infection mostly occurs in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Nocardia farcinica induced mediastinitis and pneumonia that occurred in a 64-year-old ma...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kim, Jinyoung, Kang, Minkyu, Kim, Juri, Jung, Sohee, Park, Junhung, Lee, Dongkyu, Yoon, Heejung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066088
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2016.79.2.101

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares