Xiao-Yang Zhao

Diagnostic Challenges of Nocardia beijingensis Pneumonia: a Microbiological and Multidisciplinary Analysis in an Immunocompetent Patient.

BACKGROUND Nocardia species are ubiquitously distributed in natural environments and typically cause opportunistic infections through inhalation into the respiratory tract or invasion of damaged skin or mucosal barriers. The clinical manifestations and imaging findings of Nocardia infections often lack specificity, whi...