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Nocardiosis at a London teaching hospital: Be aware and beware of what is rare [PDF]

, 2019
Aims To review all laboratory-confirmed cases of nocardiosis at a tertiary referral hospital over an extended period (2000–2018; 216 months) with regard to microbiological and epidemiological characteristics, risk factors, clinical management, morbidity
Ambrosioni, Antibiotic Expert Groups, Beaman, Beaman, Borm, Brown-Elliott, Choucino, Ercibengoa Arana, Haussaire, Houang, Kontoyiannis, Lebeaux, Lerner, Mahendra, Martinez, Martinez Tomas, Marín, McNeil, Minero, Mootsikapun, Peleg, Provost, Tatti, Wilson, Young   +24 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, Dima Hamed, Daniel Lennon, Peter Wark   +3 more
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Humoral response in a patient with cutaneous nocardiosis [PDF]

, 2000
The clinical appearance of infection due to Nocardia spp. varies widely. The law sensitivity of direct microscopy and the slow growth of the organism challenge the laboratory diagnosis.
Gandorfer, Arnd, Heesemann, Jürgen, Hornef, Mathias W., Roggenkamp, Andreas   +3 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, Tarek Mansour, Yan Yatsynovich, Andrew Kobalka   +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, Koichi Hirose, Kei Ikeda, Hiroshi Nakajima   +3 more
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Pulmonary nocardiosis masquerading renascence of tuberculosis in an immunocompetent host: a case report from Nepal

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, Ramesh Bahadur Basnet, Basista Parsad Rijal, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand   +3 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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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, Pablo Martín-Rabadán, Mercedes Marín, Emilia Cercenado, Carlos Sánchez-Carrillo, Maricela Valerio, Emilio Bouza, Patricia Muñoz   +7 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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