Acute Lobar Nephronia Secondary to Infection with Nocardia Asteroides
| Autor: | R F Jewkes, C D Collins, R J Davies |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Nocardia Infections Spleen Urine Bacteriuria Basal (phylogenetics) Leukocytes medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Right upper lobe Radionuclide imaging Radionuclide Imaging Pyelonephritis medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Indium Radioisotopes Nocardia General Medicine respiratory system medicine.disease biology.organism_classification medicine.anatomical_structure Acute Disease Nocardia asteroides Female Chest radiograph business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 18:611-612 |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00003072-199307000-00018 |
| Popis: | A 32-year-old woman undergoing immunosuppressive therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus was admitted with a history of cough, pyrexia, and left loin pain. A chest radiograph showed right upper lobe consolidation with cavitation and right basal consolidation. Analysis of urine revealed no evidence of bacteriuria. The symptoms continued despite antibacterial and antituberculous therapy. An Indium-111 labelled white cell scan with imaging at 24 hours after injection demonstrated increased isotope uptake in the lungs corresponding to the radiograph; it also showed intense uptake inferomedial to the spleen |
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