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Case report from the NIH Clinical Center: CNS nocardiosis

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Dr. Avindra Nath for assistance with manuscript preparation.

This research was supported by the NIH Intramural Program

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  1. Section of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NINDS Consult Service, Building 10 Rm 6-5700, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Sarah M. Kranick

  2. Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Christa S. Zerbe

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Kranick, S.M., Zerbe, C.S. Case report from the NIH Clinical Center: CNS nocardiosis. J. Neurovirol. 19, 505–507 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-013-0193-7

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