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Critically Ill Patients with Visceral Nocardia Infection, France and Belgium, 2004-2023

Lucas Khellaf et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Feb.

Abstract

We studied 50 patients with invasive nocardiosis treated during 2004-2023 in intensive care centers in France and Belgium. Most (65%) died in the intensive care unit or in the year after admission. Nocardia infections should be included in the differential diagnoses for patients in the intensive care setting.

Keywords: Belgium; France; Nocardia; bacteria; immunocompromised; intensive care.

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Comparison between nocardiosis and other immunocompromised pneumonia in a study of patients admitted to intensive care units in France and Belgium during 2004–2023. Other immunocompromised pneumonia data extracted from the HIGH clinical trial (9). OR, odds ratio.
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