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Pulmonary Nocardiosis

Indian Journal of Continuing Nursing Education, 2022
Nocardiosis is a rare, Gram-positive bacterial infection caused by aerobic actinomycetes in the genus Nocardia. Nocardia species are not the part of normal human flora. Although the occurrence of Nocardiosis is predominant in immunosuppressed individuals, it has not failed to affect immunocompetent individuals.
Hilda Mercy Priyadarsini, null Thilagavathi, Mary Jancy Joy   +2 more
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Unfolding of a Clinically Suspected Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia mimics pulmonary tuberculosis in many aspects. Here, we report a case of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis turning into pulmonary nocardiosis following microbiological evaluation. Sputum sample of the patient grew
SAVITHA THIROUVENGADAME, SWAPNA MUTHUSAMY, VIGNESH KANNA BALAJI, JOSHY MADUCOLIL EASOW   +3 more
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Pleuropulmonary nocardiosis, an unusual radiological presentation: Case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Nocardiosis is caused by strict aerobic filamentous bacteria of the genus Nocardia belonging to the order Actinomycetales with Actinomyces, Streptomyces and Mycobacterium. The radio-clinical presentation in the chest is often misleading. We report a case
Fatiha Bounoua, MD, Naima Daoudi, MD, Mohamed Aghrouch, MD, Asmae Lamrani Hanchi, MD, Nabila Soraa, MD, Hind Serhane, MD, Houda Moubachir, MD   +6 more
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[Bacteriemia by disseminated pulmonary nocardiosis]. [PDF]

Rev Esp Quimioter, 2021
Lepe-Balsalobre E, Rubio-Sánchez R, Cabra-Rodríguez R.   +2 more
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Impact of immune status on the clinical characteristics, treatment outcomes and mortality of pulmonary nocardiosis: a retrospective analysis in a tertiary care hospital from a low to middle-income country

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2023
Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection that primarily targets the immunosuppressed. We investigate the differences in demographics and characteristics between immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients with nocardiosis in a tertiary care hospital ...
Syed Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Mustansir Mehdi Khan, Yasmin Rahim, Hamza Ahmed Ibad, Muhammad Irfan   +4 more
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Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with pemphigus foliaceus: case report and literature review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Nocardiosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection seen in immunocompromised patients or those with a dysfunctional immune system. Nocardia asteroides infection in patients with Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) has never been reported.
Ning Luo, Shifan Tan, Xiaocai Li, Si Liu, Shivank Singh, Mafeng Chen, Weiye Yang, Yanhong He, Chunna Chen, Min Liang   +9 more
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Clinical Features of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Patients with Different Underlying Diseases: A Case Series Study. [PDF]

Infect Drug Resist, 2022
Zhong C, Huang P, Zhan Y, Yao Y, Ye J, Zhou H.   +5 more
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Disseminated Nocardia cyriacigeorgia causing pancreatitis in a haploidentical stem cell transplant recipient. [PDF]

, 2017
We report the first published case of acute pancreatitis secondary to disseminated nocardiosis in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipient on chronic immunosuppression for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).
Chen, MD, Jason, Filicko-O\u27Hara, Joanne, Flomenberg, Phyllis, Kasner, Margaret, Pan, MD, Jonathan   +4 more
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A Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis Presenting with Multiple Cavitary Nodules in a Patient with Thrombocytopenia

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, Qing Yu, Jinye Zhu, Chengli Que   +3 more
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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, Frances Mae West, Abraham Sanders, Barry Hartman, Dana Zappetti   +4 more
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