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Nocardia infarction is rare in bone marrow transplant recipients; only 10 cases have been reported. We describe a case of disseminated nocardiosis after allogeneic BMT with positive blood cultures and multiple cerebral and hepatosplenic abscesses.
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Elliott, M., Tefferi, A., Marshall, W. et al. Disseminated nocardiosis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 20, 425–426 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1700896
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