Detection of high serum levels of β-D-Glucan in disseminated nocardial infection: a case report

BACKGROUND: β-D-glucan (BDG) is a helpful diagnostic marker for many invasive fungal infections, but not for nocardiosis. Here, we reported the first case of nocardial infection with high serum level of BDG. CASE PRESENTATION: A 73-year-old man was hospitalized because of fever, headache, and appeti...

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Autores principales: Sawai, Toyomitsu, Nakao, Takumi, Yamaguchi, Shota, Yoshioka, Sumako, Matsuo, Nobuko, Suyama, Naofumi, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Mukae, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5390473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28407752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2370-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5390473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28407752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2370-4

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