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CASE SERIES

Clinical Features of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Patients with Different Underlying Diseases: A Case Series Study

Cheng Zhong1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hangzhou Chest Hospital, Hangzhou, 310003, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1936-3448
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Pingping Huang1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, People’s Republic of China;3 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Sanmen Bay Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Taizhou, 317200, People’s Republic of China
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Yasheng Zhan1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, People’s Republic of China;4 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jinhua People’s Hospital, Jinhua, 321000, People’s Republic of China
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Yake Yao1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, People’s Republic of China
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Junhui Ye3 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Sanmen Bay Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Taizhou, 317200, People’s Republic of China
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Hua Zhou1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 1167-1174 | Published online: 21 Mar 2022

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