Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess

We describe a rare case of anterior paramediastnial abscess due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in an immunocompetent patient without pre-existing lung disease. High suspicious should be taken in those patients that failed to improve after first course of antibiotic therapy. Similarly, when suspected, i...

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Autores principales: Rivera, Kelvin, Maldonado, Jeffrey, Dones, Aixa, Betancourt, María, Fernández, Ricardo, Colón, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx061

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