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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, Deepinder Chhina, R K Soni, Chandan Kakkar, U S Sidhu   +4 more
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Brain metastasis or nocardiosis? A case report of central nervous system Nocardiosis with a review of the literature

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Nocardiosis is an infection caused by the gram-positive bacterium Nocardia, which typically manifests as an isolated pulmonary or systemic disease. Of note, Nocardia has a predilection for the central nervous system (CNS) involvement, which is more ...
Hojin Sun, Mariam Goolam Mahomed, Jaimin Patel   +2 more
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MRI findings in patient with primary cutaneous nocardiosis: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Nocardia is a genus of gram-positive, filamentous, aerobic bacteria that belongs to the Actinomycetales order. With over 50 species, it is ubiquitous in dust, soil, decaying organic matter, and stagnant water.
Alfonso Reginelli, PhD, Anna Russo, MD, Maria Pignatiello, MD, Vittorio Patanè, MD, Fabio Laterza, MD, Riccardo Monti, MD, Fabrizio Urraro, MD, Valentina Caliendo, MD, Salvatore Cappabianca, PhD   +8 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, Deepak Kumar, Gopal Krishana Bohra, Mahendra Kumar Garg, Prakrati Yadav, Anuradha Sharma, Kumar S. Abhishek, Pawan Garg, Jaya Pamnani   +8 more
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Case report: Nocardia gipuzkoensis infection in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing and whole genome sequencing

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
The infection of Nocardia gipuzkoensis is a relatively uncommon form of pulmonary nocardiosis seen in clinical patients. In general, nocardiosis tends to occur in patients with immune deficiency.
Chengxin Liu, Chengxin Liu, Juhua Yang, Huiting Huang, Shaofeng Zhan, Xintian Xia   +5 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, Salem Baharoon, Salwa Alothman, Ziad Memish, Abdelkarim Waness   +4 more
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Septic arthritis by Nocardia farcinica: Case report and literature review

IDCases, 2023
Nocardiosis is a bacterial infection caused by organisms of the Nocardia genus. The disease typically involves the skin, central nervous system or pulmonary system.
Abhishek Thakur, Jaishvi Eapen, Sree Sarah Cherian   +2 more
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Endobronchial Nocardiosis associated with Broncholithiasis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare respiratory infection which commonly affects immunocompromised patients but also in immunocompetent hosts. The clinical manifestation is variable and endobronchial nocardiosis is a very rare condition.
W.O. Tam, C.F. Wong, P.C. Wong
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Disseminated Cerebral and Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2015
Disseminated nocardiosis of the central nervous system (CNS) has been rarely reported, especially in the immunocompetent patient. We report a case of cerebral and cervical intradural extramedullary nocardiosis likely to have been the result of ...
Meenal Sharma, Chris Anthony, Charlie Chia-Tsong Hsu, Catriona Maclean, Niki Martens   +4 more
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A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum With Pulmonary Infection and a Thyroid Abscess

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.
Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is a rare pathogen worldwide compared with other Nocardia species. Although Nocardia infections occur mainly in immunocompromised individuals and typically involve lungs and skin, cases in immunocompetent hosts have also been reported in recent years.
Seigo Miyoshi, Miyuki Tanabe, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Mayuko Semba, Chika Sato, Akira Watanabe, Sohei Kitazawa, Ryoji Ito   +7 more
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