RECURRENT PULMONARY NOCARDIOSIS WITH MEDIASTINAL ABSCESS

Cutaneous and pulmonary Nocardiosis in a patient with Pemphigus

Pemphigus is a chronic blistering mucocutaneous disease, classified in immunobullous skin diseases. Infections, particularly septicemia due to Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeroginosa are the most common and dangerous disorders due to immunosuppressive therapy in this disease. Infection with nocardia is rare, so that only 6 cases have been reported yet. Herein, we report a 56-year-old m...

Evaluation of 2 Cases with Cutaneous and Pulmonary Nocardiosis

2 cases with cutaneous and pulmonary Nocardiosis were referred to the Medical Mycology department, Public Health Faculty of Tehran University during 4 months from June - September 1985. Case I who was 17 year- old, carpet weaver and living in Kerman bad cutaneous Nocardiosis that were manifested as cellulitis, abscess, ulcerative lesion on his neck. This patient didn't show any evidence of Noca...

Disseminated nocardiosis presenting as testicular abscess.

A case of a localized testicular abscess due to Nocardia asteroides in a patient on immunosuppressive therapy for a myeloproliferative disorder is reported. Subsequent fatal dissemination of the infection to the prostate, lungs, and liver occurred. This represents the second reported case of nocardiosis of the testis. Extrapulmonary forms of nocardiosis must be recognized so that appropriate tr...

815Diagnosis of Pulmonary Nocardiosis

Background. Pulmonary nocardiosis (PN) is an uncommon infection often seen in immunocompromised patients. Definitive diagnosis depends on identification of the organism by culture in a patient with a clinical presentation suggestive of PN. As Nocardia can grow slowly and other infections can present similarly in the immunocompromised patient, we sought to find the performance of respiratory sam...

Fulminating Pulmonary Nocardiosis.