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MRI findings in patient with primary cutaneous nocardiosis: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Nocardia is a genus of gram-positive, filamentous, aerobic bacteria that belongs to the Actinomycetales order. With over 50 species, it is ubiquitous in dust, soil, decaying organic matter, and stagnant water.
Alfonso Reginelli, PhD +8 more
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Invasive Nocardiosis: Disease Presentation, Diagnosis and Treatment – Old Questions, New Answers?
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2020 Nocardia spp. is an environmental filamentous Gram-positive bacterium that may cause infections in humans and, despite recent progress, many challenges remain regarding the management of nocardiosis. This review aims at describing most recently published
E. Lafont +3 more
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Recurrent nocardiosis in solid organ transplant recipients: An evaluation of secondary prophylaxis
Transplant Infectious Disease, 2021 Immunocompromised individuals are at risk for Nocardia infection, with a recurrence rate of approximately 5%. Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients often receive secondary prophylaxis due to their requirement of lifelong immunosuppression.
Zachary A. Yetmar +2 more
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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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Infections Complicating Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Study Emphasizing Graft-Related Septicemia [PDF]
, 1976 In 93 recipients of 102 orthotopic liver homografts, the incidence of bacteremia or fungemia exceeded 70%. The graft itself was usually an entry site for systemic infection after both immunologic and nonimmunologic parenchymal injury, especially if there
Hansbrough, JF +5 more
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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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GMS ophthalmology cases, 2021 GMS Ophthalmology Cases; 11 ...
Castle, G, Heath, G
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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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World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2021 BACKGROUND Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a pulmonary syndrome wherein large volumes of phospholipid and protein-rich surfactants accumulate within the alveoli. PAP forms include primary (auto-immune PAP), secondary, and congenital.
Xiaokang Wu, Q. Lin
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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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