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1996. Addressing Pulmonary Nocardiosis Risk in Immunocompromised Patients: Development and Validation of a Commercially Available PCR

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary nocardiosis is an infection targeting immunocompromised patients characterized by high mortality and requires nonfrontline antibiotics for treatment. Nocardiosis is currently confirmed or excluded by BAL fluid culture followed by further phenotypic identification steps. A cultu...

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Autores principales: Smith, Emily, Bartlett, Katelyn, Grantham, James, Powell, Natalie, Altrich, Michelle, Kleiboeker, Steve, Wissel, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253286/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1652