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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510319

Nocardia Infection and Associated Outcomes in Patients with Solid Organ Transplant

Rezwan Munshi, MD, Narois Nehru, MD, Madison Lannom, MD, James R. Pellegrini Jr, MD, Ngoc-Van Tran, MD and Fatima Anjum, MD

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: 2024/04/18

Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are more susceptible to infections, particularly Nocardia infections (NI). Our study examines the outcomes associated with NI in SOT recipients. Our study used National Inpatient Sample data (2015-Q4 to 2018) and ICD-10 codes to identify patients with NI and SOT. Pearson chi-square test was used to evaluate categorical and continuous variables....

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