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Pleuropulmonary nocardiosis, an unusual radiological presentation: Case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Nocardiosis is caused by strict aerobic filamentous bacteria of the genus Nocardia belonging to the order Actinomycetales with Actinomyces, Streptomyces and Mycobacterium. The radio-clinical presentation in the chest is often misleading. We report a case
Fatiha Bounoua, MD +6 more
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Lymphocutaneous nocardiosis in a kidney transplant patient successfully treated with tigecycline
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2018 Cutaneous nocardiosis is an infrequent infection which has been increasingly reported in immunocompromised patients. Although trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is considered to be the agent of choice for treatment of nocardiosis, newer antimicrobials such as
Eleni Mylona +5 more
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Blood, Bone and Brain Nocardiosis Infection in an HIV-Infected Man [PDF]
, 2016 Disseminated nocardiosis is a rare and complicated opportunistic bacterial infection with propensity of delay in establishing the correct diagnosis and high frequency for misdiagnosis and due to the non-specific clinical presentation and the inherent ...
Yuhana, M. Y. (Muhammad)
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BMC Neurology, 2019 Background Nocardiosis is a rare and life-threatening opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Myasthenia gravis (MG) patients are potentially at risk of nocardia infection because of the use of immunosuppressive agents.
Shuhui Wang +5 more
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Cerebral nocardiosis in a patient treated with pembrolizumab: a first case report
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Checkpoints inhibitors (CPIs) are increasingly used for the treatment of several malignancies. The most common side effects are Immune Related Adverse Events, while infectious complications are rare, especially cerebral nocardiosis.
Petitgas Paul +5 more
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Post renal transplant pulmonary nocardiosis - A case report
Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2019 Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection caused by an aerobic actinomycete, producing either local or disseminated disease. It is a systemic infection that usually begins in the lungs and has high predilection for brain, skin and subcutaneous ...
Akhil Purushothaman Rajeswari +8 more
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Brain abscess by Nocardia sp in immunocompromised patient [PDF]
, 2000 Pacient with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenic purpura (Evans Syndrome), treated with immunosuppressive therapy (prednisone and azathioprine) developed brain abscess unresponsive to antimicrobial therapy, in spite of its 23 days duration.
Barata, Cristina Hueb +3 more
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Humoral response in a patient with cutaneous nocardiosis [PDF]
, 2000 The clinical appearance of infection due to Nocardia spp. varies widely. The law sensitivity of direct microscopy and the slow growth of the organism challenge the laboratory diagnosis.
Gandorfer, Arnd +3 more
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2015 Nocardia are ubiquitous in the environment worldwide and cause a variety of infections. Clinical manifestations and outcomes of nocardiosis can vary with different populations, host immunity, and presentations.
Hua-Kung Wang +7 more
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Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2012 A 35-year-old male presented with multiple discharging sinuses and fluctuant swelling on right side of face which started after a vehicular accident three year back. The lesions did not respond to routine antibiotics treatment but went on increasing. Gram smear showed typical acid fast branching filaments suggestive of nocardiosis, which was confirmed ...
Vikrant A Saoji +3 more
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