Abstract:BACKGROUND
Nocardia
pneumonia shares similar imaging and clinical features with pulmonary tuberculosis and lung neoplasms, but the treatment and anti-infective medication are completely different. Here, we report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by
Nocardia cyriacigeorgica
(
N. cyriacigeorgica
), which was misdiagnosed as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with repeated fever.
CASE SUMMARY
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