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Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024
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Critically Ill Patients with Visceral Nocardia Infection, France and Belgium, 2004–2023

Lucas KhellafComments to Author , Virginie Lemiale, Maxens Decavèle, Marc Pineton de Chambrun, Alexandra Beurton, Toufik Kamel, Anabelle Stoclin, Djamel Mokart, Fabrice Bruneel, Clara Vigneron, Achille Kouatchet, Benoît Henry, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Grégoire Jolly, Nahema Issa, Matthieu Bellal, Julien Poissy, Claire Pichereau, Julien Schmidt, Nathalie Layios, Maxime Gaillet, Elie Azoulay, and Adrien Joseph
Author affiliations: Saint-Louis Teaching Hospital, Public Assistance Hospitals of Paris (APHP), Paris, France (L. Khellaf, V. Lemiale, E. Azoulay, A. Joseph); Pitié-Salpétière Teaching Hospital, APHP, Paris (M. Decavèle, M. Pineton de Chambrun); Hôpital Tenon, Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire Sorbonne University, APHP, Paris (A. Beurton); Centre Hospitalier Régional d’Orléans, Orléans, France (T. Kamel); Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France (A. Stoclin); Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France (D. Mokart); Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Hôpital André Mignot, Le Chesnay, France (F. Bruneel); Cochin Teaching Hospital, APHP, Paris (C. Vigneron); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d’Angers, Angers, France (A. Kouatchet); Hôpital Bicêtre, APHP, France (B. Henry); Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France (J.-P. Quenot); Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France (G. Jolly); Saint-André Hospital, Bordeaux, France (N. Issa); University Hospital of Caen, Caen, France (M. Bellal); Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (J. Poissy); Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy Saint Germain, Poissy, France (C. Pichereau); Avicennes Hospital, APHP, Ile de France, France (J. Schmidt); University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium (N. Layios); Lyon University Hospital, Lyon, France (M. Gaillet)

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Comparison between nocardiosis and other immunocompromised pneumonia in a study of patients admitted to intensive care units in France and Belgium during 2004–2023. Other immunocompromised pneumonia data extracted from the HIGH clinical trial (9). OR, odds ratio.

Figure. Comparison between nocardiosis and other immunocompromised pneumonia in a study of patients admitted to intensive care units in France and Belgium during 2004–2023. Other immunocompromised pneumonia data extracted from the HIGH clinical trial (9). OR, odds ratio.

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