title: Alveolar proteinosis and nocardiosis: a patient treated by bronchopulmonary lavage.
abstract: Alveolar proteinosis is a relatively rare disease of unclear pathogenesis associated with opportunistic-infections. Although nocardiosis is the most frequent one, only 22 cases have been reported previously and are reviewed here. We present a patient with alveolar proteinosis with nocardiosis treated as an emergency with bilateral bronchopulmonary lavage and antibiotics. No previous cases of this association have been successfully managed in this way.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gómez Aguinaga
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maudes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sureda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gómez Mampaso
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fogué
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011649:Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation