Nocardia veterana: disseminated infection with urinary tract infection
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Nocardia veterana: disseminated infection with urinary tract infection.
Nocardia spp. are a group of aerobic actinomycetes widely distributed in soil, and associated with severe opportunistic infections, essentially pulmonary infections. We report the first case of disseminated infection associated with urinary tract infection caused by Nocardia veterana. The diagnosis was difficult; despite the presence of pulmonary nodules, the lung biopsies remained negative whi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.11.003