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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Heo ST
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2967007 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of Korean medical science 20101026 11
Nocardia farcinica is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. Even though several species of Nocardia have been reported as causative pathogens of catheter-related blood stream infections (CRBSI), CRBSI caused by N. farcinica has not been reported. A 70-yr-old man with a tunneled central venous catheter (CVC) for home parenteral nutrition was admitted with fever for two days. Norcardia species was isolated from the blood through CVC and peripheral bloods and identified to N. farcinica b ...[more]