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Case Report

Membranous Nephropathy Complicated with Disseminated Nocardia farcinica Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review

Lei Pan1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China;2 Liaoning Provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6669-8144
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Xu-Hao Wang1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-5358
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Fan-Qi Meng1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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Xin-Ming Su1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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Yue Li1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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Ming-Tao Xu1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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Feng-Yuan Su3 China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8681-3293
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De-Lei Kong1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Wei Wang1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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Pages 4157-4166 | Published online: 08 Oct 2021

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