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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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Pulmonary nocardiosis in a HIV infected patient
SD Kulkarni1, VP Baradkar2, S Kumar2
1 Yerla Medical Trust, Sector-4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210, India
2 Department of Microbiology,L.T.M.M.C, Sion, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
S D Kulkarni
Yerla Medical Trust, Sector-4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.48733
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Nocardia infections rarely occur in normal individuals. Most infections occur in an immunocompromised host. Here we report a case of pulmonary Nocardiosis due to Nocardia asteroides in an HIV-infected person presenting as a cavitatory lesion in the lungs. |
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