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Cerebral nocardiosis: case report and literature review
Neurologijos seminarai, 2018 Background. Cerebral nocardiosis is a very rare opportunistic infection of the brain, accounting for only up to 2% of all cerebral abscesses. Nocardial infections are most common among immunocompromised patients, although there are reports of ...
L. Šalaševičius , R. Kvaščevičius
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2015 Pulmonary nocardiosis is commonly recognized as an opportunistic infection in patients with predisposing immunosuppressive conditions. However, reports of pulmonary nocardiosis in the immunocompetent host are rare.
Inderjit Singh +4 more
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Nocardiosis in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2011 Background: Nocardiosis is an uncommon bacterial infection that is caused by aerobic actinomycetes of the genus Nocardia. This pathogen has emerged as an important cause of mortality and morbidity among both immunocompetent and (more commonly ...
Hamdan Al-Jahdali +4 more
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Isolated renal nocardiosis in a patient with AIDS: Unusual presentation
Indian Journal of Urology, 2009 Disseminated or systemic infection with nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection that is seen in immunocompromised individuals and can involve any organ.
K Pai, L Rao
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003 Infections caused by Nocardia species are infrequent but challenging to clinicians. They cause a wide variety of diseases in both normal and immunocompromised patients. In recent years, the number of case reports has been increasing, and this can be attributed to the improvements in diagnostic capabilities and the higher clinical index of suspicion ...
Corti, Marcelo E. +1 more
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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021 Nocardiosis is an infection caused by the gram-positive bacterium Nocardia, which typically manifests as an isolated pulmonary or systemic disease. Of note, Nocardia has a predilection for the central nervous system (CNS) involvement, which is more ...
Hojin Sun +2 more
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Arbor Accidents and Asteroids. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Nocardia infection should be considered in immunocompromised patients presenting with concurrent pulmonary and neurological symptoms. Species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing are crucial. Co‐trimoxazole is the first‐line treatment.
Mamidi V, Chrysochou C.
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Case Report of a Solitary Brain Abscess due to <i>Nocardia veterana</i> in a Host Without Known Immunodeficiency. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisNocardiosis is a rare bacterial infection caused by a wide array of species of the genus Nocardia. These microbes are found ubiquitously in soil and cause infection mainly when immunocompromised hosts inhale these bacteria or from direct inoculation through breaks in the skin. Once infection is established, Nocardia spp.
Wells L +5 more
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Breakthrough Pulmonary Nocardiosis Due to <i>Nocardia cyriacigeorgica</i> in a Lung Transplant Recipient in Brazil: A Case Report Highlighting Management Without Susceptibility Testing. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisBackground Nocardia infection is an emerging concern in solid organ recipients due to prolonged immunosuppression. Case Presentation We report the case of a 45‐year‐old woman with a history of cystic fibrosis who underwent bilateral lung transplantation. Eight years posttransplant, she developed progressive respiratory symptoms.
Vinhaes CL +5 more
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Rapid Detection of Nocardia by Next-Generation Sequencing
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 In this original study, we retrospectively reviewed the cases of nocardiosis diagnosed through culture and next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods between 2014 and 2018 in Huashan Hospital and found out that the latter way can not only improve the ...
Shan-Shan Weng +6 more
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