Nocardia - Opportunistic chest infection in elderly: A case report.
In this rare case a non-immunocompromised patient with old Tuberculosis on low dose of steroids presents with opportunistic infection of a weakly aerobic gram positive acid fast, filamentous bacteria called Nocardia.An 80 year old non-smoking white female presented with cough, shortness of breath and purulent sputum.Initial antibiotics given were not helpful. Later microbial diagnosis was Nocardia in sputum sample which was uncommon in a non-immunocompromised. She responded to co-trimoxazole therapy.
Sanyal
Kaushik
K
Department of Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK. ksanyal01@doctors.org.uk.
Sabanathan
Kanagasabesan
K