Fatal <i>Nocardia farcinica</i> Bacteremia Diagnosed by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry in a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Treated with Corticosteroids

<table>(a) Gram stain of blood culture showing a cluster of beaded branching filamentous Gram-positive rods. (b) Modified acid fast Kinyoun staining of blood culture showing filamentous red-stained partially acid-fast rods.</table>

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Figure 1: Fatal <i>Nocardia farcinica</i> Bacteremia Diagnosed by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry in a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Treated with Corticosteroids 

Figure 1 | Fatal Nocardia farcinica Bacteremia Diagnosed by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry in a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Treated with Corticosteroids 