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Case Reports
. 2011 Sep 1;20(121):210-2.
doi: 10.1183/09059180.00002211.

Pulmonary nocardiosis in immunocompetent patients: can COPD be the only risk factor?

F Rivière, M Billhot, C Soler, F Vaylet, J Margery
Case Reports

Pulmonary nocardiosis in immunocompetent patients: can COPD be the only risk factor?

F Rivière et al. Eur Respir Rev. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Chest computed tomography scans at a–c) the beginning of antimicrobial therapy (August 2009) and d–f) after 4 months of antimicrobial therapy (December 2009) showing regression of opacities and cystic bronchiectasis.
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