Case report

[The hidden infection: nocardiosis with multiple extra pulmonary foci].

María Trinidad Pennini Guelfi Camilo Martínez Ana De Lajonquiere Mariana Boccia Agustín Mucci Facundo Camperi R. Blanco Betsika Quirpa Catalina Podestá Juana García Gieser

2026 · Medicina · Vol 86 4, pp. 1037-1039 · 0 citations

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The case of a 48-year-old patient recently diagnosed with HIV and a CD4 lymphocyte count of less than 50 cells/ uL, who consulted for prolonged fever without apparent focus, highlights the importance of considering nocardiosis in the differential diagnosis of prolonged fever with multiple deep lesions in immunocompromised patients.

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