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  • Title: Pulmonary nocardiosis in a 3-year-old child.
    Author: Holdaway MD, Kennedy J, Ashcroft T, Kay-Butler JJ.
    Journal: Thorax; 1967 Jul; 22(4):375-81. PubMed ID: 6035802.
    Abstract:
    Until 1960, 179 cases of infection with Nocardia asteroides had been described in the world literature. Seventeen cases in children were reported by 1963. The organism is a common saprophyte in nature with probably a world-wide distribution. Infection can be primary but is more common in patients with underlying malignancy, auto-immune disease or preceding tuberculosis. Sulphonamides, particularly sulphadiazine, are the drugs of choice in treatment; the value of antibiotics is less clearly established. The indications for surgical treatment have not yet been defined. We record a further case of primary pulmonary nocardiosis in a 3-year-old child.
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