Nocardia infections among immunomodulated inflammatory bowel disease patients: A review
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Nocardia infections among immunomodulated inflammatory bowel disease patients: A review.
Human nocardiosis, caused by Nocardia spp., an ubiquitous soil-borne bacteria, is a rare granulomatous disease close related to immune dysfunctions. Clinically can occur as an acute life-threatening disease, with lung, brain and skin being commonly affected. The infection was classically diagnosed in HIV infected persons, organ transplanted recipients and long term corticosteroid treated patien...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i21.6491