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Superior vena cava syndrome associated with Nocardia farcinica infection
S Abdelkafi1, D Dubail, T Bosschaerts
1Chest Service, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels School of Medicine, Belgium.
Thorax
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
A case is described of severe Nocardia farcinica infection which mimicked a pulmonary neoplasm with pneumonia, superior vena cava syndrome, pericarditis, and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Treatment with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole and surgery resulted in complete recovery.