✦ LIBER ✦
Disseminated Nocardia asteroides infection presenting as an atraumatic leg fracture in a liver transplant recipient
✍ Scribed by Jose L. del Pozo; Jose Ignacio Herrero; Andrea Manubens; Emilio Garcia-Quetglas; Jose Ramon Yuste; Matias Alfonso; Jose Leiva; Jorge Quiroga; Jose Ramon Azanza
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.21321
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✦ Synopsis
We describe a case of disseminated Nocardia asteroides complex infection in a liver transplant recipient (LTR) presenting as a tibial-peroneal atraumatic fracture. LTRs are at an increased risk for infection with atypical microorganisms.