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Case Reports
. 1997 May;52(5):492-3.
doi: 10.1136/thx.52.5.492.

Superior vena cava syndrome associated with Nocardia farcinica infection

S Abdelkafi  1 , D Dubail, T Bosschaerts, A Brunet, G Van Camp, M de Marneffe, J M De Vaster, V Ninane
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Case Reports

Superior vena cava syndrome associated with Nocardia farcinica infection

S Abdelkafi et al. Thorax. 1997 May.

Abstract

A case is described of severe Nocardia farcinica infection which mimicked a pulmonary neoplasm with pneumonia, superior vena cava syndrome, pericarditis, and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Treatment with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole and surgery resulted in complete recovery.

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