Nocardia cyriacigeorgica and Aspergillus Co-infection in a Patient with Giant-cell Arteritis
Immunosuppressed patients are at greater risk of unusual infections. The authors present the case of a woman with giant-cell arteritis, on oral steroids, who developed cavitating pneumonia due to co-infection with Asperigillus and Nocardia. Reports of such co-infection are rare in the literature. Th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SMC MEDIA SRL
2019-01-01
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Series: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/997 |