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SUBMITTER: Kuchibiro T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5330244 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuchibiro Tomokazu T Ikeda Takeshi T Nakanishi Hirotaka H Morishita Yukiko Y Houdai Katsuyuki K Ito Junko J Gonoi Tohru T
JMM case reports 20160830 4
<h4>Introduction</h4><i>Nocardia</i> species usually cause opportunistic infections, and the frequency of these infections is increasing owing to the growing population of immunocompromised hosts. However, <i>Nocardia</i> species may sometimes cause an infection disease in immunocompetent hosts. <i>Nocardia mexicana</i> infections are the least common and are very rare.<h4>Case presentation</h4>Herein, we report the first case of a pulmonary infection with <i>N. mexicana</i> in a 61-year-old Jap ...[more]