Central nervous system (CNS) nocardiosis is a rare disease entity caused by the filamentous bacteria Nocardia species. We present a case series of 5 patients from our hospital and a review of the cases of CNS nocardiosis reported in the literature from January 2000 to December 2011. Our results indicate that CNS nocardiosis can occur in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals and...

An 81-year-old woman with a medical history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, childhood pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, and depression presented at our hospital reporting dyspnea on slight exertion, cough, and yellowish expectoration of 4 days’ duration. On physical examination, the patient was alert, oriented, afebrile, and normotensive. Bilateral wheezing was noted on auscultatio...

We describe a 70-year-old male with a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and asthma who presented with increasing breathlessness for 5 months. He was diagnosed to have allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) by serological and radiographic criteria. He was treated with steroids and itraconazole. After initial improvement, he developed fever with cough and mucopurulent sputum. X-...

TOPIC: Chest Infections TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary nocardiosis is an uncommon disease with a diverse range of radiographic appearances. We report interesting case pulmonary in renal transplant patient presenting as dense, rapidly enlarging anterior lung mass invasion into the chest wall. CASE PRESENTATION: Our 41-year-old male history autosomal dominant polycystic kidney ...

The objective of the study was to determine the frequency of nocardiosis in HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals clinically suspected of having tuberculosis (TB). The study population (n = 171) were those who attended chest hospitals in Khartoum State, Sudan, between January and March 2010. The patients suffered from pulmonary infections with positive acid-fast bacilli. Blood (n = 171) and...

Nocardia, a branching, filamentous bacteria, is widely distributed in the environment and can cause human infection in immune-compromised hosts. Inhalation of Nocardia leads to pulmonary disease. Microbiology laboratory processed the clinical samples from patients with respiratory infections. Smears were prepared from the samples and were stained and cultured. Five cases were positive for Nocar...