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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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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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Nocardiosis and elevated beta-d-glucan in solid organ transplant recipients
IDCases, 2021 Beta-D-glucan (BDG) testing can expedite the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts. Elevated BDG levels have been reported in both in-vitro studies assessing cross-reactivity with Nocardia spp. and published cases of patients
Matthew Ringer +4 more
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Infectious Disease and Therapy, 2021 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) is a well-established tool for managing metastatic infections. Nocardiosis, a primarily pulmonary infection, disseminates at high rates. Routine imaging includes chest CT
I. Margalit +12 more
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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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Respirology Case Reports, 2023 Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare disease that is often difficult to cure because of its tendency to recur. Here, we report a case of refractory localized pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia mexicana.
Miwako Kogure +9 more
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Nocardiosis at a London teaching hospital: Be aware and beware of what is rare [PDF]
, 2019 Aims To review all laboratory-confirmed cases of nocardiosis at a tertiary referral hospital over an extended period (2000–2018; 216 months) with regard to microbiological and epidemiological characteristics, risk factors, clinical management, morbidity
Ambrosioni +24 more
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The Findings of Pulmonary Nocardiosis on Chest High Resolution Computed Tomography
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2021 Objectives Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection that is often encountered in immunocompromised patients, in particular those with the HIV infection and in solid organ transplant recipients.
Rashid Al Umairi +2 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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Clinical analysis of 11 cases of nocardiosis
Open Medicine, 2021 Nocardiosis is a rare, life-threatening, opportunistic, and suppurative infection. Its clinical manifestation lacks specificity, which makes early diagnosis difficult.
Yiqing Li +7 more
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