We read with interest the article on pulmonary nocardiosis in southern Taiwan by Chen et al. In their study, eight of the 20 patients with pulmonary nocardiosis had pleural effusion and three of these patients had empyema thoraces. Among these three nocardial empyema cases, the authors reported a 61-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and chronic liver disease suffering from an acute course of ...

BackgroundNocardiosis is a rare infection that often difficult to treat and may be life-threatening. There no consensus on its management.ObjectivesOur aim was provide the current evidence for diagnosis management of individuals with nocardiosis, propose approach this uncommon infection.SourcesWe systematically searched medical literature nocardiosis studies published between 2010 2020 describi...

conclusions combination therapy with surgical excision has a synergistic effect and appears to be the best treatment for extended lesions. however, new potent antibacterial drugs may help to improve the management of such infections when there are sufficient data on their in vitro activity. introduction nocardia species are described as opportunistic pathogens that mainly cause pulmonary nocard...

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...