title: Disseminated nocardiosis due to unusual species: two case reports.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey. ealp@erciyes.edu.tr
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alp
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Bilgehan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aygen
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sumerkan
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sari
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koc
authors.forename: Andrée
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Couble
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boiron
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doganay
mesh_terms: 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