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 +5 more
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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 +5 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 +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 +2 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 +4 more
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Isolation frequency and susceptibility patterns of Nocardia species at a tertiary hospital laboratory in Karachi, Pakistan [PDF]
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Bibi, Safia +3 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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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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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 +4 more
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Successful Intra-peritoneal Antibiotic Therapy for Primary Abdominal Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Young Female Masquerading as Carcinoma Ovary [PDF]
, 2012 Nocardiosis is a common opportunistic infection in the immunocompromised and in patients with chronic debilitating diseases,e.g continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.
Bafna, UD +3 more
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