A life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis

Nocardiosis is a rare disease caused by infection with Nocardia species, aerobic actinomycetes with a worldwide distribution. A rare life-threatening disseminated Nocardia brasiliensis infection is described in an elderly, immunocompromised patient. Microorganism was recovered from bronchial secreti...

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Autores principales: Paramythiotou, Elisabeth, Papadomichelakis, Evangelos, Vrioni, Georgia, Pappas, Georgios, Pantelaki, Maria, Kontos, Fanourios, Zerva, Loukia, Armaganidis, Apostolos
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23559737
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.106512
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author Paramythiotou, Elisabeth
Papadomichelakis, Evangelos
Vrioni, Georgia
Pappas, Georgios
Pantelaki, Maria
Kontos, Fanourios
Zerva, Loukia
Armaganidis, Apostolos
author_facet Paramythiotou, Elisabeth
Papadomichelakis, Evangelos
Vrioni, Georgia
Pappas, Georgios
Pantelaki, Maria
Kontos, Fanourios
Zerva, Loukia
Armaganidis, Apostolos
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description Nocardiosis is a rare disease caused by infection with Nocardia species, aerobic actinomycetes with a worldwide distribution. A rare life-threatening disseminated Nocardia brasiliensis infection is described in an elderly, immunocompromised patient. Microorganism was recovered from bronchial secretions and dermal lesions, and was identified using molecular assays. Prompt, timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment ensured a favorable outcome.
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spelling pubmed-36104622013-04-04 A life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis Paramythiotou, Elisabeth Papadomichelakis, Evangelos Vrioni, Georgia Pappas, Georgios Pantelaki, Maria Kontos, Fanourios Zerva, Loukia Armaganidis, Apostolos Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Nocardiosis is a rare disease caused by infection with Nocardia species, aerobic actinomycetes with a worldwide distribution. A rare life-threatening disseminated Nocardia brasiliensis infection is described in an elderly, immunocompromised patient. Microorganism was recovered from bronchial secretions and dermal lesions, and was identified using molecular assays. Prompt, timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment ensured a favorable outcome. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3610462/ /pubmed/23559737 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.106512 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Paramythiotou, Elisabeth
Papadomichelakis, Evangelos
Vrioni, Georgia
Pappas, Georgios
Pantelaki, Maria
Kontos, Fanourios
Zerva, Loukia
Armaganidis, Apostolos
A life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis
title A life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis
title_full A life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis
title_fullStr A life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis
title_full_unstemmed A life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis
title_short A life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis
title_sort life-threatening case of disseminated nocardiosis due to nocardia brasiliensis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23559737
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.106512
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