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CASE REPORT

Disseminated nocardiosis due to unusual species: Two case reports

Emine Alp From the Departments of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Orhan Yildiz From the Departments of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Bilgehan Aygen From the Departments of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Bulent Sumerkan Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Ismail Sari Haematology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Kemal Koc Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Andrée Couble UMR CNRS 5557, Centre for Microbial Ecology – Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environmental Research Group – French Observatory for Nocardiosis, Faculté de Pharmacie, Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée aux Biotechnologies IndustriellesUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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Frederic Laurent UMR CNRS 5557, Centre for Microbial Ecology – Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environmental Research Group – French Observatory for Nocardiosis, Faculté de Pharmacie, Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée aux Biotechnologies IndustriellesUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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Patrick Boiron UMR CNRS 5557, Centre for Microbial Ecology – Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environmental Research Group – French Observatory for Nocardiosis, Faculté de Pharmacie, Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée aux Biotechnologies IndustriellesUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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Mehmet Doganay From the Departments of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Pages 545-548 | Received 18 Mar 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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