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CASE REPORT

Nocardia asteroides brain abscesses and meningitis in an immunocompromized 10-year-old child

Emilie Chow Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, From the Mattel Children Hospital at University of California, Los Angeles
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Theodore Moore Pediatric Hematology Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, CaliforniaUSA
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Jaime Deville Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, From the Mattel Children Hospital at University of California, Los Angeles
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Karin Nielsen Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, From the Mattel Children Hospital at University of California, Los AngelesCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 511-513 | Received 31 Jan 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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