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Case Reports
. 2002 Dec;4(4):223-5.
doi: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2002.02006.x.

Disseminated Nocardia asteroides and coinfection with Trichophyton rubrum in a renal transplant recipient

A Azap  1 , H Arslan, F Ergin, H Karakayali, M Haberal
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Disseminated Nocardia asteroides and coinfection with Trichophyton rubrum in a renal transplant recipient

A Azap et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

Disseminated Nocardia infection has a high mortality and morbidity rate in solid organ transplant recipients, even when appropriate antibiotics are given. In this report a renal transplant recipient is described, who developed disseminated Nocardia asteroides infection with lung, eye, and brain involvement, in addition to coinfection with Trichophyton rubrum.

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