A Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis Presenting with Multiple Cavitary Nodules in a Patient with Thrombocytopenia.

Autor:	Wang, Fei, Yu, Qing, Zhu, Jinye, Que, Chengli
Předmět:	OPPORTUNISTIC infections MYCOSES THROMBOCYTOPENIA NOCARDIOSIS SYMPTOMS COMPUTED tomography AIDS-related opportunistic infections
Zdroj:	Reports (MDPI AG); Jun2022, Vol. 5 Issue 2, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 7p
Abstrakt:	Nocardiosis is an infrequent opportunistic infection that deserves more attention because of its increasing morbidity and high rate of misdiagnosis. Clinical and radiological manifestations as well as antibiograms of pulmonary nocardiosis are diverse. Herein, we report a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenia treated with glucocorticoids, which later presented with severe pulmonary infection with widely distributed nodules on chest computed tomography. Fungal infection or tuberculosis was under initial suspicion and microbiological tests of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid eventually yielded an affirmative result of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica. The patient responded in the beginning; however, therapeutic strategies had to be altered several times due to adverse events. The patient eventually ended up with radiographic resolution at the end of six months. We wish to share some experience in dealing with this disease especially recognizing pulmonary nocardiosis in computed tomography imaging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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