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Nocardiosis: An Essential Diagnostic Challenge in Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesIntroduction: Nocardiosis is a globally recognized opportunistic infection that predominantly affects immunocompromised individuals, leading to a diverse range of clinical manifestations, from cutaneous to severe systemic forms.
Asem Ali Ashraf1, Pratibha Bhat U.1*
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Case Reports in Hepatology, 2013 Nocardiosis is an infrequent but serious pulmonary infection caused by Gram-positive aerobic actinomycetes. In this paper, we report on a 48-year-old patient with pleuropulmonary nocardiosis and cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus infection ...
Csilla Putz-Bankuti +8 more
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IJU Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 558-562, November 2025.ABSTRACT Introduction We present a rare case of tuberculous retroperitoneal lymphadenitis after kidney transplantation that was difficult to diagnose and treat. Case Presentation A 52‐year‐old man who received a kidney transplantation from his wife presented with right lower quadrant pain.
Ryota Nakayasu +8 more
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Metastatic Cutaneous Abscesses as Initial Presentation of Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.ABSTRACT Metastatic tuberculous abscesses are a rare but clinically significant manifestation of tuberculosis. Cutaneous tuberculosis accounts for just 1%–2% of extrapulmonary cases, with cold abscesses being one possible skin manifestation. Skin lesions are most commonly acquired through hematogenous dissemination from distant foci of infection ...
Reshma Modi +2 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Pulmonary nocardiosis mimic pulmonary tuberculosis in most clinical and radiological manifestations. In Tanzania, where tuberculosis is one of the major public health threat clinical impact of nocardiosis as the cause of the human disease ...
Abubakar S. Hoza +3 more
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Post renal transplant pulmonary nocardiosis - A case report
Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2019 Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection caused by an aerobic actinomycete, producing either local or disseminated disease. It is a systemic infection that usually begins in the lungs and has high predilection for brain, skin and subcutaneous ...
Akhil Purushothaman Rajeswari +8 more
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Pleuropulmonary nocardiosis due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a debilitated host
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2016 Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is a rare cause of pulmonary nocardiosis. We present a case of pulmonary nocardiosis with pleural involvement in an adolescent with rheumatic heart disease and congestive cardiac failure presenting with right lower lobe ...
R Deepa +3 more
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The Unsuspected Pathogen: A Fatal Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Journal of Advanced Lung HealthNocardiosis is a rare but potentially fatal infection caused by Nocardia species. Diagnosing pulmonary nocardiosis is often challenging because its symptoms are nonspecific and can resemble those of other respiratory diseases.
Avinash Kumar +2 more
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Case series: Nocardiosis of the brain and lungs
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2008 Localized and multisystem nocardiosis is an opportunistic disease that occurs commonly in immunocompromised patients. Rarely, it is also seen in immunocompetent individuals. The lungs and brain are commonly involved.
Seema Sud +3 more
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The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011 Pulmonary nocardiosis is a chronic suppurative infection that may occur in immunosuppressed patients. It can be self-limited, or it can have an acute, subacute, or chronic course.
Zehra Çağla KARAKOÇ +3 more
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