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CASE REPORT

Brain Nocardiosis and Pulmonary Talaromycosis Infection in a Patient with Anti-IFN-γ Autoantibodies: A Case Report

Siyao Wu1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 530021, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1620-9832View further author information
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Ting Guo2 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Hui Zhang1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 530021, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Zhiyi He1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 530021, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jianquan Zhang3 Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Wen Zeng1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 530021, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 5421-5425 | Received 03 Jun 2023, Accepted 16 Aug 2023, Published online: 21 Aug 2023

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