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Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Suspected Tuberculosis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies [PDF]
, 2020 Background: nocardiosis is an opportunistic infectious disease in immunocompromised patients. The most common form of nocardiosis infection in humans is pulmonary nocrdiosis caused by inhaling Nocardia species from the environment. Thus, this study aimed
Somaye Rashki +11 more
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Incidental Finding of Nocardia: A Case Series from a Tertiary Care Centre in Uttarakhand
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2020 Nocardiosis is a rare bacterial infection that may lead to a severe disease. These infections are rare among normal population and are showing an increasing trend worldwide attributable to the increase in the immunosuppressed population.
Aroop Mohanty +7 more
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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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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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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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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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Revisiting nocardiosis at a tertiary care institution: Any change in recent years?
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021 Objective: To analyse relevant changes in incidence, clinical and microbiological characteristics of nocardiosis over the last 24 years at the current institution.
Alicia Galar +7 more
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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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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 +2 more
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