Disseminated nocardiosis due to unusual species: two case reports.
Pulmonary nocardiosis is the major clinical manifestation of human nocardiosis and disseminated infection can be seen in immunocompromised patients. N. asteroides is the predominant pathogen associated with disseminated diseases. We report 2 cases of pulmonary nocardiosis admitted with disseminated infection, caused by rare species of Nocardia: Nocardia transvalensis and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica.
Alp
Emine
E
Department of Infectious Diseases, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey. ealp@erciyes.edu.tr
Yildiz
Orhan
O
Aygen
Bilgehan
B
Sumerkan
Bulent
B
Sari
Ismail
I
Koc
Kemal
K
Couble
Andrée
A
Laurent
Frederic
F
Boiron
Patrick
P
Doganay
Mehmet
M
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology