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260. The Unfortunate Consequence of Immunosuppression in a Renal Transplant Patient

BACKGROUND: Nocardia is a slow-growing aerobic-actinomycete that belongs to the family Nocardiaceae. Major predisposing factors include corticosteroid use, organ transplantation, low CD4 count, and hematologic malignancies. The most commonly affected organs are lungs, mainly via inhalation; however,...

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Autores principales: Mikell, Franklin, Ghimire, Rabindra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8644613/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.462