Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis

Nocardia spp. are bacteria of low virulence that cause infection classically in immunocompromised hosts with the lungs as the primary site of infection in the majority of cases. Patients with cystic fibrosis have pulmonary disease characterized by frequent and progressive bacterial infections. Repo...

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Main Authors: Schoen, Lucy, Santoro, Jonathan D., Milla, Carlos, Bhargava, Sumit
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414227/