Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
| Autor: | Carlos Milla, Sumit Bhargava, Lucy E. Schoen, Jonathan D. Santoro |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
lcsh:RC705-779 Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Isolation (health care) biology business.industry Optimal treatment Pulmonary nocardiosis Pulmonary disease Virulence Case Report Nocardia lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Cystic fibrosis Immunology medicine business Nocardia transvalensis |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Pulmonology, Vol 2015 (2015) Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| ISSN: | 2090-6854 2090-6846 |
| Popis: | Nocardiaspp. are bacteria of low virulence that cause infection classically in immunocompromised hosts with the lungs as the primary site of infection in the majority of cases. Patients with cystic fibrosis have pulmonary disease characterized by frequent and progressive bacterial infections. Reports ofNocardiaspp. isolation in CF are rare in the literature and may represent colonization or active infection, the significance and optimal treatment of which are unknown. We report the second case to date ofNocardia transvalensispulmonary infection in an immunocompetent patient with CF and the first in a child under the age of eighteen. |
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