title: Disseminated Nocardia brasiliensis infection following cryptococcal disease.
abstract: Nocardiosis is an increasing clinical problem, especially in immunocompromised patients. The offending species is almost always Nocardia asteroides. Cryptococcosis is also an increasing problem in the immunosuppressed. We describe a patient with probable disseminated cryptococcosis followed by disseminated Nocardia brasiliensis infection. Only eight patients with disseminated N brasiliensis infection have been described, to our knowledge, in the United States.
mesh_terms: D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000150:complications*