An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Immunocompetent Patient

Pulmonary nocardiosis is a subacute or chronic necrotizing pneumonia caused by aerobic actinomycetes of the genus Nocardia and rare in immune-competent patients. A 35-year-old male, who had treated with antituberculosis drugs, presented with cough, dyspnea, and expectoration with episodes of hemopt...

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Main Authors: Zehra Yaşar, Murat Acat, Hilal Onaran, Mehmet Akif Özgül, Neslihan Fener, Fahrettin Talay, Erdoğan Çetinkaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/963482