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Ring Finger Mass: A Rare Case of Digital Actinomycosis Surgically Removed From a Young Patient
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic granulomatous infection that typically resides as commensals in the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, and female genital tract. Involvement of the extremities, particularly the digits and underlying bone, is extremely rare, especially in young age, often leading to diagnostic delays and therapeutic ...
Abdulkarim Hasan +9 more
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Disseminated Nocardiosis with Pulmonary Fungus and Secondary Epilepsy: A Case Report
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022 Wu Yang, Tingting Liu Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Tingting Liu, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First
Yang W, Liu T
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Nocardiosis: Updated Clinical Review and Experience at a Tertiary Center [PDF]
, 2018 : Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic disease that affects mainly patients with deficient cell-mediated immunity, such as those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or transplant recipients.
Ambrosioni, J., Garbino, J., Lew, D.
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An Unusual Case of Cutaneous Nocardia cyriacigeorgica Infection Assuming the Appearance of Shingles
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Nocardia is an opportunistic organism that commonly infects the lungs of the immunocompromised and can cause disseminated infections. Diagnosis of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica is through culture and susceptibilities, aided by 16S rRNA sequencing. We report a case of a shingles‐like rash eruption due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in a 69‐year‐old patient with
Jett Ramir +2 more
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Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2018 Nian Chen, Qin Qin, Ke-Dai Sun, Dan Luo, Qiong-Hui Cheng Department of Dermatology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China Introduction: Primary cutaneous nocardiosis is a rare suppurative or granulomatous inflammation ...
Chen N, Qin Q, Sun KD, Luo D, Cheng QH
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First Case of Causing Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020 Nocardia brasiliensis is the most common cause of cutaneous nocardiosis. Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis is an emerging species responsible for invasive and disseminated disease in immunocompromised patients.
Shraddhadevi Makadia MD +3 more
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Meningitis and spondylodiscitis due to Nocardia nova in an immunocompetent patient
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background Disseminated nocardiosis is a very rare disease. By now only few cases of meningitis and spondylodiscitis have been reported. To our knowledge, this is the first case of meningitis caused by Nocardia nova. Case presentation We report on a case
F. Lestin-Bernstein +4 more
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Immunodeficiencies caused by infectious diseases. [PDF]
, 2010 Immunodeficiencies caused by infectious agents may result from disruption of normal host barriers or dysregulation of cellular immunity, the latter serving to promote survival of the infectious agent through immune evasion.
Sykes, Jane
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Management of infections pre- and post-liver transplantation: Report of an AISF consensus conference [PDF]
, 2013 The burden of infectious diseases both before and after liver transplantation is clearly attributable to the dysfunction of defensive mechanisms of the host, both as a result of cirrhosis, as well as the use of immunosuppressive agents.
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