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Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series
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.
Inderjit Singh +4 more
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Clinical spectrum and outcome of pulmonary nocardiosis: 5-year experience
Lung India, 2016 Background: Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare but a life-threatening infection caused by Nocardia spp. The diagnosis is often missed and delayed resulting in delay in appropriate treatment and thus higher mortality.
Akashdeep Singh +4 more
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Ventilator-dependent pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Lung India, 2018 Nocardiosis is a rare infectious disease entity that mostly affects the lungs, brain, or skin of immunocompromised individuals. Recent reports of pulmonary nocardiosis (PN) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as the only risk ...
Stella Pak +3 more
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Reports, 2022 Nocardiosis is an infrequent opportunistic infection that deserves more attention because of its increasing morbidity and high rate of misdiagnosis. Clinical and radiological manifestations as well as antibiograms of pulmonary nocardiosis are diverse ...
Fei Wang +3 more
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Pulmonary nocardiosis revisited: A case series
Lung India, 2015 Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rising bacterial infection, with a high propensity for misdiagnosis. On account of a paucity of prospective studies, there is limited understanding on various aspects of its diagnosis and treatment.
Deepak Aggarwal +4 more
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Nocardiosis: An Essential Diagnostic Challenge in Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesIntroduction: Nocardiosis is a globally recognized opportunistic infection that predominantly affects immunocompromised individuals, leading to a diverse range of clinical manifestations, from cutaneous to severe systemic forms.
Asem Ali Ashraf1, Pratibha Bhat U.1*
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BMC Research Notes, 2018 Background Pulmonary nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection in an immunocompromised patient; however, often neglected in the immunocompetent patient from the diagnosis considerations.
Priyatam Khadka +3 more
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis with Aspergillosis in a patient with COPD: A rare co-infection
IDCases, 2020 Pulmonary Nocardiosis and invasive Aspergillosis are well documented in immunocompromised patients. The coexistence of both infections is a diagnostic rarity, especially in patients with underlying structural lung diseases.
Durga Shankar Meena +8 more
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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.
Archana Baburao +3 more
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Nocardiosis in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2011 Background: Nocardiosis is an uncommon bacterial infection that is caused by aerobic actinomycetes of the genus Nocardia. This pathogen has emerged as an important cause of mortality and morbidity among both immunocompetent and (more commonly ...
Hamdan Al-Jahdali +4 more
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