Treatment of refractory localized pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia mexicana with a combination of medication and surgery [PDF]
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, Yoshimitsu Hirai
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Case Report: Nanopore Sequencing-Based Detection of Pulmonary Nocardiosis Caused by Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in an Immunocompetent Patient [PDF]
Infection and Drug ResistanceDan Li,1,* Qing Liu,2,* Xiaotong Xi,2 Zhen Huang,1 Chi Zhu,2 Ran Ding,2 Qi Zhang1 1Department of Respiratory, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 2Jiangsu Simcere Diagnostics Co., Ltd., Nanjing Simcere Medical ...
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Clinical features of pulmonary nocardiosis: a descriptive research study [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary MedicineIntroduction Pulmonary nocardiosis lacks specific symptoms and characteristic test findings, making diagnosis and treatment challenging. Therefore, to clarify its clinical features, we analyzed 21 cases diagnosed as pulmonary nocardiosis at our ...
Akiko Hiromi +6 more
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A rare case of pure N4-acetyl-sulfamethoxazole nephrolithiasis associated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment of pulmonary nocardiosis [PDF]
Urology Case Reports, 2022 Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole is a commonly used antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections, but also used to treat less common conditions such as pulmonary nocardiosis.
Andrew Shanholtzer +3 more
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis as an Opportunistic Infection in COVID-19 [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022 Secondary bacterial pneumonia infection is frequent in COVID-19 patients. Nocardia are responsible for opportunistic pulmonary infections especially after steroid treatment.
Marc Laplace +8 more
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Pulmonary nocardiosis in cystic fibrosis [PDF]
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 2009 The treatment of Nocardia species found in the sputum of cystic fibrosis patients is of unknown value.We conducted a retrospective analysis of the impact of directed oral antibiotic therapy against Nocardia spp. isolated from the sputum of 17 cystic fibrosis patients over a 10-year period. Pulmonary Function Tests were used as the clinical indicator of
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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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Histopathology, 2021 Nocardia is an emerging infection in the era of biological therapy with a fatal outcome without treatment. Risk of dissemination and multisystem involvement demands an early diagnosis from the treating physician. We share our experience of such opportunistic infection (pulmonary nocardiosis) in a young male with Crohn's ...
Hemanta Kumar Nayak +4 more
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis. A case report. [PDF]
Rev Esp Quimioter, 2022 González-Jiménez P +2 more
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IDCases, 2023 Objective: Nocardia are infrequent pathogens that disproportionately afflict organ transplant recipients. The present study aimed to summarize the clinical manifestations, diagnostic approaches, and treatment strategies of nocardiosis in lung transplant ...
Yu Xu +7 more
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