descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1974 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Chest, volume 65, pages 360-362 (issn: 0012-3692,

Authors: W A, Causey; P, Arnell; J, Brinker;

doi: 10.1378/chest.65.3.360

pmid: 4813848

Systemic Nocardia caviae Infection

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Abstract

Nocardia caviae has been implicated as a cause of actinomycotic mycetoma in man. To date, this is the only form of nocardiosis with which this species has been associated. The two fatal infections described in this report are the first known cases of systemic nocardiosis in man caused by N caviae.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenya

Keywords

Male, Nocardia Infections, Middle Aged, Abscess, Nocardia, Humans, Pericarditis, Female, Kidney Diseases, Meningitis, Lung Abscess, Skin Diseases, Infectious

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