Disseminated infection with Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient under steroid therapy

Corticosteroid recipients with lung infections should be suspected of having nocardiosis; however, nocardiosis can easily mimic malignancy, tuberculosis, or fungal infection. Though cultural identification is possible, it might be missed due to its slow growth pattern.. Therefore, if filamentous bac...

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Autores principales: Sah, Ranjit, Khadka, Shusila, Neupane, Samikshya, Nepal, Gaurav, Singla, Sonam, Kumari, Pankhuri, Sah, Sanjit, Sah, Ranjana, Sah, Shyam Sundar, Adhikari, Mahesh, Shah, Niranjan Prasad, Pokharel, Bharat Mani, Rijal, Basista, Shah, Dibya Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7044388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32128191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2640
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Sumario:Corticosteroid recipients with lung infections should be suspected of having nocardiosis; however, nocardiosis can easily mimic malignancy, tuberculosis, or fungal infection. Though cultural identification is possible, it might be missed due to its slow growth pattern.. Therefore, if filamentous bacteria are seen during staining, plate incubation time should be extended.

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