A case of pulmonary nocardiosis with Nocardia brasiliensis spread from a post‐traumatic cutaneous infection in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2023 Nocardia is an aerobic Gram‐positive bacterium found in the environment, including soil and water. Nocardia brasiliensis is reportedly associated with cutaneous infections, and disseminated disease is typically detected in immunocompromised individuals ...
Masaaki Iwabayashi +2 more
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Sporotrichoid Skin Infection Caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a Kidney Transplant Patient [PDF]
Diseases, 2018 Prompt and accurate diagnosis of Nocardia skin infections is important in immunocompromised hosts, especially transplant patients. The sporotrichoid form, which is otherwise known as the lymphocutaneous form of Nocardia skin involvement, can mimic other ...
Folusakin Ayoade +3 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019 Infection by Nocardia brasiliensis is usually localized to the skin but can rarely spread to the lung, brain, or multiple sites particularly in the immunocompromised hosts.
Sanju Pannu, Ashok K Pannu
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Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Patient Following Gardening Activity [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case ReportsNocardia pyomyositis in immunocompetent patients is a rare occurrence. The diagnosis may be missed or delayed with the risk of progressive infection and suboptimal or inappropriate treatment.
Aliya Rehman DO +5 more
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Nocardia brasiliensis Infection Complicating Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia [PDF]
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2017 Pulmonary nocardiosis is a severe and uncommon opportunistic infection caused by Nocardia species. We present a patient with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia who was receiving long-term immunosuppressive therapy, whose treatment course was complicated by
Alison M. Fernandes +2 more
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Septic arthritis due to Nocardia brasiliensis and a review of nocardiosis as a cause of arthritis [PDF]
IDCases, 2022 Bacteria of the genus Nocardia are implicated in several disease processes but are a rare cause of septic arthritis. Typically, the cause of Nocardia septic arthritis is dissemination from a pulmonary infection in an immunocompromised host.
Divya Chandramohan +2 more
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A clinical case report of brain abscess caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a non-immunocompromised patient and a relevant literature review [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Brain abscess due to the Nocardia genus is rare and usually found in immunocompromised patients. The most common subtype implicated is Nocardia farcinica while brain abscess due to Nocardia brasiliensis is comparatively rare.
Jian-Wei Zhu +4 more
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Screening and Identification of B-Cell Epitopes in the P61 Protein of Nocardia brasiliensis [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018 The P61 protein is an immunodominant antigen of Nocardia brasiliensis that is observed in the sera from patients infected with the bacterium. However, the B-cell epitopes of N. brasiliensis are still unresolved.
Xingzhao Ji +10 more
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Nocardia brasiliensis-associated femorotibial osteomyelitis [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013 We report a case of femorotibial osteomyelitis due to Nocardia brasiliensis. Nocardia spp are a rare cause of bone infections, and the majority of such cases are associated with the spine. This type of osteomyelitis is uncommon, and in the immunocompetent host, is more often related to a chronic evolution following direct inoculation of the ...
Samuel Vanegas +5 more
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A case of intraocular infection caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a patient who is immunocompetent
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Nocardia is a rare opportunistic pathogen that primarily affects the skin, lungs, and central nervous system. Intraocular infection caused by Nocardia species is a rare event in individuals who are immunocompetent.
Cuiyun Wu, Jiehong Lu, Jie Yao
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