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Pleuropulmonary nocardiosis due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a debilitated host
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2016 Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is a rare cause of pulmonary nocardiosis. We present a case of pulmonary nocardiosis with pleural involvement in an adolescent with rheumatic heart disease and congestive cardiac failure presenting with right lower lobe ...
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The Unsuspected Pathogen: A Fatal Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Journal of Advanced Lung HealthNocardiosis is a rare but potentially fatal infection caused by Nocardia species. Diagnosing pulmonary nocardiosis is often challenging because its symptoms are nonspecific and can resemble those of other respiratory diseases.
Avinash Kumar +2 more
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Case series: Nocardiosis of the brain and lungs
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2008 Localized and multisystem nocardiosis is an opportunistic disease that occurs commonly in immunocompromised patients. Rarely, it is also seen in immunocompetent individuals. The lungs and brain are commonly involved.
Seema Sud +3 more
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Evaluation of six different DNA extraction methods for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by means of PCR-IS6110: preliminary study [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Developments in molecular detection and strain differentiation of members of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex have proved to be useful.
Elis Regina Costa +4 more
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Histoplasmosis : a pilot survey [PDF]
, 1973 In view of the presence of the histoplasmosis disease along the Southern shores of nearby Italy where the fungus was cultivated from the soil, it was considered worthwhile to carry out a pilot survey to ascertain the local histoplasmin reactivity, even ...
Fenech, Frederick F., Lanfranco, Anthony
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A case report of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica presenting as cellulitis with multiple discharging sinuses
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2019 Nocardia spp. are filamentous Gram positive bacteria that are ubiquitous soil saprophytes. The majority of nocardial infections occur in severely immunocompromised patients who are particularly susceptible to pulmonary disease and dissemination ...
Archana Bora +3 more
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Primary pulmonary nocardiosis: case report [PDF]
Thorax, 1974 Hamal, P. B. (1974).Thorax, 29, 382-386. Primary pulmonary nocardiosis: a case report. A case of fulminating pulmonary nocardiosis is reported. Diagnosis was made before death but too late for treatment to be effective. At necropsy extensive multiple pulmonary abscesses with involvement of the pleura, resulting in an empyema, were discovered.
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HIV and tuberculosis in India [PDF]
, 2008 The global impact of the converging dual epidemics of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodefi ciency virus (HIV) is one of the major public health challenges of our time. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports 9.2 million new cases of TB in 2006 of
Narendran, G, Swaminathan, Soumya
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National Journal of Medical ResearchBackground: Nocardiosis, a rare but serious infection caused by Gram-positive, aerobic actinomycetes, primarily affects immunocompromised individuals. This report highlights an uncommon case of pulmonary nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient leading
Mayank Prakash Chakravarty +3 more
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