Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient
Background. Nocardiosis is a rare disease that mainly affects severely immunocompromised patients. Symptoms are nonspecific and microbiological isolation is difficult, hiding the diagnosis. Treatment should be guided by species and susceptibility testing. Findings. We report a clinical case of a dis...
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Main Authors: | Ana C. Guerra, Dário Batista, Maria J. Aleixo, Paulo Saraiva, Maria J. Aguas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2015-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/260640 |
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