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An AIDS patient develops symptoms suggestive of a severe, persistent pneumonia with cough, fever, chills, chest pain, weakness, and weight loss. The patient does not respond to penicillin therapy, but goes on to develop very severe headaches. The presence of focal neurologic abnormalities leads the clinician to order a CT scan of the head. This demonstrates several metastatic brain abscesses. Biopsy of one of these lesions demonstrates beaded, branching, filamentous gram-positive bacteria that are weakly acid fast. Which of the following is the most likely causative organism?
A. Actinomyces
B. Aspergillus
C. Burkholderia
D. Francisella
E. Nocardia
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| babli
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E. Nocardia
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| yasmeen
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NOCARDIA
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| msyamp
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nocardia
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E. Nocardia - AIDS pt gram +ve
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| achilles
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yes, its nocardia.
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