Pulmonary nocardiosis presenting as fungal ball--a rare entity
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Pulmonary nocardiosis presenting as fungal ball--a rare entity.
Pulmonary intracavitary infection caused by Nocardia is an opportunistic infection and is believed to be a rare entity. We describe a case report of a patient with culture positive Nocardia asteroides who presented with complaints of cough and expectoration with episodes of haemoptysis and dyspnoea. The diagnosis of nocardiosis was made by microscopic examination of the surgically resected port...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1972-2680
DOI: 10.3855/t2.2.143