A FIBROUS CAVITY IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED LUNG: NOCARDIOSIS MASQUERADING AS TUBERCULOSIS
| Autor: | Amy Joseph, Neha Agarwal, Navin Patil, N. Karthik Rao, Handattumanjunatha Hande, Raghavendra Rao, George Varghese |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Pharmacology
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Cirrhosis Lung business.industry Fulminant medicine.medical_treatment Nocardiosis Cavitary pneumonia Pharmaceutical Science Immunosuppression medicine.disease 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure 030228 respiratory system medicine Pharmacology (medical) business Nephritis |
| Zdroj: | Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. 9:5 |
| ISSN: | 2455-3891 0974-2441 |
| DOI: | 10.22159/ajpcr.2016.v9i6.13855 |
| Popis: | Nocardia species can cause fulminant necrotizing cavitatory pneumonia. Diagnosis involves identification of the organism, speciation and correlating with appropriate clinical and radiological findings. Speciation is often difficult due to the complexities involved in culturing the organism. Treatment involves administering antibiotics for a prolonged duration. The authors hereby report a case of pulmonary Nocardiosis in a patient who had pre-morbidities like cirrhosis of liver and membrano-proliferative glomerular nephritis on immune-suppression with high dose corticosteroids making him vulnerable to the organism. |
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