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Case Report

Port-A Catheter-associated Nocardia bacteremia Detected by Gallium Inflammation Scan: A Case Report and Literature Review

Chung-Hsu Lai Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chih-Yu Chi Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Section of Infectious Diseases of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital,Taichung, Taiwan
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Hsin-Pai Chen Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chorng-Jang Lai Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chang-Phone Fung Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Cheng-Yi Liu Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Pages 775-777 | Published online: 24 Dec 2012

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