Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT The patient, a 56‐year‐old female with a history of childhood bronchiectasis and controlled hypertension, presented with fever, cough, and hemoptysis. Despite initial treatment for exacerbation of bronchiectasis, her condition worsened, leading to sepsis. Blood tests revealed leukocytosis and elevated CRP.
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series [PDF]
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.
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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 ...
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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.
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Pulmonary nocardiosis: A Single Center Study [PDF]
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.
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Pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia exalbida mimicking lung cancer [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2019 Nocardiosis is an uncommon infection caused by Nocardia species, but it can often occur in immunocompromised patients. As computed tomography (CT) findings of pulmonary nocardiosis, consolidation, masses, and nodules are often found, but lymph node ...
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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.
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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.
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Pulmonary nocardiosis: Report of two cases from a tertiary care hospital
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2019 Pulmonary nocardiosis is an uncommon bacterial infection that may lead to severe disease in immunocompromised patients. The disease is rare in immunocompetent patients.
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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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