Fulminating Pulmonary Nocardiosis.
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Primary pulmonary nocardiosis: case report.
Haml, P. B. (1974). Thorax, 29, 382-386. Primary pulmonary nocardiosis: a case report. A case of fulminating pulmonary nocardiosis is reported. Diagnosis was made before death but too late for treatment to be effective. At necropsy extensive multiple pulmonary abscesses with involvement of the pleura, resulting in an empyema, were discovered. One cervical node showed a similar abscess. No brain...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Diseases of the chest
دوره 46 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1964