An Unusual Presentation From a Sporadic Partially Acid-Fast Aerobic Actinomycete Resistant to Common Antibiotics

Nocardia causes rare opportunistic infections, that can be challenging to diagnose because of atypical features on conventional microbiological identification techniques. Immunosuppressed patients are more susceptible to infections from Nocardia and are associated with multi-organ involvement. We re...

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Main Authors: Sreedhar Adapa MD, Srikanth Naramala MD, Vijay Gayam MD, Rajan Kapoor MD, Mina Raju DO, Pallav Patel MD, Venu Madhav Konala MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709619899598