Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis

Nocardia spp. are bacteria of low virulence that cause infection classically in immunocompromised hosts with the lungs as the primary site of infection in the majority of cases. Patients with cystic fibrosis have pulmonary disease characterized by frequent and progressive bacterial infections. Repor...

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Main Authors: Lucy Schoen, Jonathan D. Santoro, Carlos Milla, Sumit Bhargava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/984171