Ventilator-dependent pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ventilator-dependent pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Nocardiosis is a rare infectious disease entity that mostly affects the lungs, brain, or skin of immunocompromised individuals. Recent reports of pulmonary nocardiosis (PN) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as the only risk factor suggest a possible association between no...

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Main Authors: Stella Pak, Tarek Mansour, Yan Yatsynovich, Andrew Kobalka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Acute respiratory failure
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
pulmonary nocardiosis
ventilator
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2018;volume=35;issue=1;spage=58;epage=61;aulast=Pak

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