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Pulmonary Nocardia beijingensis infection associated with the use of alemtuzumab in a patient with multiple sclerosis

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Pulmonary Nocardia beijingensis infection associated with the use of alemtuzumab in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Sheikh-Taha, Marwan; Corman, Lourdes C.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6793
URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1352458517694431
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/ 1352458517694431
Date: 2017-12-15
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Abstract:

Nocardia is a Gram-positive aerobic pathogen that usually affects immunocompromised patients. We report a case of pulmonary infection caused by a rare Nocardia species, Nocardia beijingensis, in a 50-year-old woman who had received alemtuzumab for the treatment of her multiple sclerosis. The invasive pulmonary infection was successfully treated with meropenem

Citation:

Sheikh-Taha, M., & Corman, L. C. (2017). Pulmonary Nocardia beijingensis infection associated with the use of alemtuzumab in a patient with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 23(6), 872-874.

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