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Mira-Avendano, Isabel

0000-0001-9274-9008

Mayo Clinic

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Citations 2

Pathology of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury

New England Journal of Medicine | October 2, 2019 | Volume: 381 | Issue: 18 | Pages: 1780-1781

10.1056/nejmc1913069 | PMID 31577870

Nocardia brasiliensis Infection Complicating Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia

Case Reports in Pulmonology | February 28, 2017 | Volume: 2017 | Issue: No issue available | Pages: 1-3

10.1155/2017/9567175 | PMID 28348912

Pulmonary nocardiosis is a severe and uncommon opportunistic infection caused by Nocardia species. We present a patient with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia who was receiving long-term immunosuppressive therapy, whose treatment course was complicated by cutaneous and pulmonary nocardiosis. Tissue cultures confirmed Nocardia brasiliensis. Nocardiosis should be a diagnostic consideration for patients treated with long-term immunosuppression who have worsening pulmonary symptoms and relapsing pustular skin lesions.