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Fernandes, Alison M.

A5063872970 | I4402554136

Mayo Clinic

Saba University School of Medicine

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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.