Severe Nocardia pneumonia in an immunocompromised patient with alpha‐1 antitrypsin deficiency
Abstract Pulmonary nocardiosis is an uncommon pulmonary infection that is more likely found in immunocompromised patients with underlying chronic lung disease. The presentation of pulmonary nocardiosis is widely variable and shares features with other types of pulmonary infections. Nocardia is also...
Main Authors: | Daryl E. C. Y. Chan, Dima Hamed, Daniel Lennon, Peter Wark |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-11-01
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Series: | Respirology Case Reports |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.670 |
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