Nocardia asteroides pneumonia with bacteraemia

Patricia A Figgis,* Allan R Glanville,† John L Harkness‡

1 Senior Registrar, General Intensive Care, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW, 2050)
3 St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW.

Correspondence: patriciafiggis@hotmail.com

Competing interests:

None identified.

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