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Nocardia mikamii a Novel Species Causing Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Literature Review of Disseminated Nocardiosis
Nocardia is an uncommon Gram-positive organism. It typically appears as delicate filamentous Gram-positive branching rods. In the United States it was estimated to be approximately 500 to 1000 new cases per year. The organism causes disease in immunocompromised individuals with pulmonary infection representing the most common site of infection. Nocardia mikamii has been a recently isolated path...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0002-9343
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.04.012