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Rev Med Interne
; 29(12): 1034-7, 2008 Dec.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18395304
ABSTRACT
Nocardia infections are rare and usually occurred in immunocompromised patients with systemic dissemination from a lung infection. We report a case of an immunocompetent patient in whom Nocardia asteroides had cause psoas and cerebral abcess without pulmonary infection, a short period after a hip prosthesis insertion. The clinical history is highly suggestive of a hospital-acquired infection.