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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, Gullipalli Prasad, Ramesh Chandra Vyasam, Bura Naga Raja Ramesh, Gunnam Sireesha, Athota Sam, Revu Praveen, Kondari Sai Sundeep, Kanala Sai Harisha   +8 more
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ICD Nocardiosis

Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2003
We present an initial report of Nocardia asteroides implantable cardioverter defibrillator infection. Systemic infection persisted despite pulse generator explant and several years of appropriate antibiotic therapy. Without epicardial lead system removal, chronic pleuropericardial disease developed. (J Interven Cardiol 2003;16:375–376)
Sean, O'Rourke, Shalini, Kapoor, Danielle, Carter-Adkins, Roman T, Pachulski   +3 more
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Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis: A Rare Presentation of Nocardiosis [PDF]

Cureus, 2019
Nocardia is an uncommon gram-positive, weakly acid-fast bacterium that causes systemic or localized suppurative disease in humans and animals. Nocardiosis is typically regarded as an opportunistic infection, but approximately one-third of the patients are immunocompetent.
Tariq, Ezza Fatima, Anwar, Muhammad M, Khan, Usman A   +2 more
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Nocardiosis at an organ transplant center in Saudi Arabia: 15 years' experience

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background: No cardiosis is a rare infection that affects immunocompromised patients on immunosuppressive medications used for transplantation and cancer therapy. Such therapies are becoming more widely available in the Middle East region.
Ihab Weheba, Abeer Abdelsayed, Abdulrahman A Alrajhi, Sahar I Al-Thawadi, Abdullah Mobeireek   +4 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, Vasilios Papastamopoulos, Myrto Giannopoulou, Efstathia Perivolioti, Zoi Psaroudaki, Athanasios Skoutelis   +5 more
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Brain metastasis or nocardiosis? A case report of central nervous system Nocardiosis with a review of the literature

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, Mariam Goolam Mahomed, Jaimin Patel   +2 more
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Nocardia cyriacigeorgica Identified by Bronchial Washing During Evaluation of Radiologic Progression in a Patient With Prior Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.
In this case of pulmonary nocardiosis complicating prior nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, repeat bronchial washing cytology revealed filamentous organisms suggestive of ongoing nocardial infection despite negative cultures. Bronchoscopic sampling may therefore aid in not only initial diagnosis but also reassessment when sputum studies ...
Hidenori Takahashi, Kanako Furukawa, Yugo Satake, Natsuko Nakano, Shinichiro Ota, Masaharu Shinkai   +5 more
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Pulmonary nocardiosis: A Single Center Study

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Objectives: Nocardiosis is a rare infection caused by Nocardia spp., a gram-positive bacteria non-commensal of the human flora. Nocardiosis usually presents with lung infection but may disseminate to other organs, most frequently the brain.
Bruno Miguel Oliveira Cabrita, Sílvia Correia, Sofia Jordão, R. Correia de Abreu, Valquíria Alves, Bárbara Seabra, Jorge Ferreira   +6 more
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Unfolding of a Clinically Suspected Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia mimics pulmonary tuberculosis in many aspects. Here, we report a case of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis turning into pulmonary nocardiosis following microbiological evaluation. Sputum sample of the patient grew
SAVITHA THIROUVENGADAME, SWAPNA MUTHUSAMY, VIGNESH KANNA BALAJI, JOSHY MADUCOLIL EASOW   +3 more
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Nocardia brasiliensis Infection Complicating Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia

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, Jason C. Sluzevich, Isabel Mira-Avendano   +2 more
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