Pleuropulmonary and soft tissue Nocardia cyriacigeorgici infection in a patient with Behcet's disease.
Infections with Nocardia species are generally seen in immunocompromised subjects. In this report, we present a case of pleuropulmonary and skin Nocardia cyriacigeorgici infection in a male patient with Behcet's disease who used corticosteroids and immunosupressives for a long period of time. He died before the diagnosis of Nocardia infection was made.
Arslan
Ugur
U
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya 42080, Turkey. arslan_ugur40@yahoo.com
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Uysal
Elif B
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Ramazan
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D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*