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Case Reports
. 1989 May;20(5 Pt 2):889-92.
doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(89)70101-8.

Disseminated Nocardia asteroides with pustules

P E Shapiro  1 , M E Grossman
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Case Reports

Disseminated Nocardia asteroides with pustules

P E Shapiro et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1989 May.

Abstract

A case of disseminated Nocardia asteroides in a renal transplant recipient with cavitary lung lesions and cutaneous pustules is presented. Disseminated nocardiosis is a rare disease that occurs chiefly in the immunocompromised host and usually begins as a pleuropulmonary infection. Disseminated nocardiosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of pustules in immunosuppressed patients.

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