Disseminated Nocardia farcinica infection presenting as a paravertebral abscess in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

• Main Authors: Yeliz Özen (Author), Basak Dokuzoguz (Author), Ipek Mumcuoglu (Author), Aysel Kocagül Çelikbas (Author), Zeynep Ceren Karahan (Author), Bahadir Orkun Özbay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Disseminated Nocardia infections occur particularly in immunosuppressed hosts and are most often due to Nocardia farcinica, Nocardia nova, and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica. Here, we report an unusual case of disseminated N. farcinica infection presenting as a paravertebral abscess in a patient with syst...