First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

The spectrum of infections with Nocardia spp. is heterogeneous. It has classically been associated with lung, brain, or skin involvement. We describe an unusual presentation of Nocardia asiatica (N. asiatica) in an Iraqi patient with myasthenia gravis suffering from a disseminated infection and pres...

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Autores principales: El-Herte, Rima I., Kanj, Souha S., Araj, George F., Chami, Hassan, Gharzuddine, Walid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3403161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22844621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/325767
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author El-Herte, Rima I.
Kanj, Souha S.
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Chami, Hassan
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description The spectrum of infections with Nocardia spp. is heterogeneous. It has classically been associated with lung, brain, or skin involvement. We describe an unusual presentation of Nocardia asiatica (N. asiatica) in an Iraqi patient with myasthenia gravis suffering from a disseminated infection and presenting with an anterior mediastinal cystic mass. N. asiatica has only been three times described outside Japan and Thailand, and the rarity of this entity deserves this communication.
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spelling pubmed-34031612012-07-27 First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature El-Herte, Rima I. Kanj, Souha S. Araj, George F. Chami, Hassan Gharzuddine, Walid Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report The spectrum of infections with Nocardia spp. is heterogeneous. It has classically been associated with lung, brain, or skin involvement. We describe an unusual presentation of Nocardia asiatica (N. asiatica) in an Iraqi patient with myasthenia gravis suffering from a disseminated infection and presenting with an anterior mediastinal cystic mass. N. asiatica has only been three times described outside Japan and Thailand, and the rarity of this entity deserves this communication. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3403161/ /pubmed/22844621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/325767 Text en Copyright © 2012 Rima I. El-Herte et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
El-Herte, Rima I.
Kanj, Souha S.
Araj, George F.
Chami, Hassan
Gharzuddine, Walid
First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort first report of nocardia asiatica presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass in a patient with myasthenia gravis: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22844621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/325767
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