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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 ...
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Nocardia brasiliensis Infection Complicating Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2017 Pulmonary nocardiosis is a severe and uncommon opportunistic infection caused by Nocardia species. We present a patient with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia who was receiving long-term immunosuppressive therapy, whose treatment course was complicated by
Alison M. Fernandes +2 more
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Nocardiosis Diseminada: Un Diagnóstico Inesperado
Galicia Clínica, 2020 Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection caused by the bacteria Nocardia spp. It may presents as a localized cutaneous infection or as an invasive infection (pulmonary, central nervous system or disseminated).
Inês Zão, Paulo Torres Ramalho
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Severe Nocardia pneumonia in an immunocompromised patient with alpha‐1 antitrypsin deficiency
Respirology Case Reports, 2020 Pulmonary nocardiosis is an uncommon pulmonary infection that is more likely found in immunocompromised patients with underlying chronic lung disease. The presentation of pulmonary nocardiosis is widely variable and shares features with other types of ...
Daryl E. C. Y. Chan +3 more
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Disseminated Nocardiosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Report of 2 Cases
Kidney Medicine, 2022 Nocardiosis is a rare, life-threatening opportunistic infection caused by bacteria in the environment that predominantly affects immunocompromised patients. Nocardiosis most commonly involves the lungs but can disseminate to other organs.
Alissar El Chediak +3 more
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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 +2 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 ...
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Pulmonary nocardiosis in an elderly man [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2020 A 72- year-old farmer from South India presented to our emergency room with chief complaints of fever for 25 days, cough with expectoration for 10 days and respiratory distress for 2 days. He was apparently asymptomatic 25 days back when he developed intermittent high-grade fever with evening ...
Nitin, Gupta +3 more
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Clinical Characteristics of Nocardia Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2013 Although Nocardiosis has considerable recurrence and mortality rates, characteristics and risk factors of Nocardia infection have not been assessed in patients with rheumatic diseases.
Mieko Yamagata +3 more
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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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