title: [Disseminated nocardiosis in 3 immunocompetent patients].
abstract: Nocardia asteroide infections, an aerobic actinomycete, have several forms and lungs, skin and brain are the organs most frequently involved. When the infection suspected, special staining methods must be ordered to identify the agent. We report three immunocompetent patients with disseminated nocardiosis, two presenting with nodular lesions of skin and lungs and one presenting with pulmonary involvement and brain abscesses. The importance of clinical suspicion and early diagnosis of nocardiosis is emphasized.
authors: Servicio de Medicina y Microbiología, Hospital Dr. Sótero del Río, Santiago de Chile.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Miguel Noriega
authors: P
authors: P
authors: González
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Oddo
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Pérez
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Frenkel
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Hurtado
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Canales
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Canals
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Michaud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D009616:Nocardia asteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Nocardiosis diseminada en tres pacientes inmunocompetentes.