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Disseminated nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient

Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic bacterial infection. We describe an 8-year-old immunocompetent patient who presented with constitutional symptoms suggestive of probable tuberculosis (TB) in whom we confirmed a diagnosis of nocardiosis. Nocardia is a Gram-positive bacterium that is ubiquitous in...

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Autores principales: Ndlovu, M, Jeena, P M, Thula, S A, Singh, S A, Masekela, R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286268
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2019.v25i4.026