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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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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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Infections Complicating Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Study Emphasizing Graft-Related Septicemia [PDF]

, 1976
In 93 recipients of 102 orthotopic liver homografts, the incidence of bacteremia or fungemia exceeded 70%. The graft itself was usually an entry site for systemic infection after both immunologic and nonimmunologic parenchymal injury, especially if there
Hansbrough, JF, Hoelscher, M, Porter, KA, Putnam, CW, Schröter, GPJ, Starzl, TE   +5 more
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Blood, Bone and Brain Nocardiosis Infection in an HIV-Infected Man [PDF]

, 2016
Disseminated nocardiosis is a rare and complicated opportunistic bacterial infection with propensity of delay in establishing the correct diagnosis and high frequency for misdiagnosis and due to the non-specific clinical presentation and the inherent ...
Yuhana, M. Y. (Muhammad)
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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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Isolation frequency and susceptibility patterns of Nocardia species at a tertiary hospital laboratory in Karachi, Pakistan [PDF]

, 2011
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Bibi, Safia, Irfan, Seema, Khan, E., Zafar, Afia   +3 more
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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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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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