title: Pulmonary nocardiosis presenting as fungal ball--a rare entity.
abstract: Pulmonary intracavitary infection caused by Nocardia is an opportunistic infection and is believed to be a rare entity. We describe a case report of a patient with culture positive Nocardia asteroides who presented with complaints of cough and expectoration with episodes of haemoptysis and dyspnoea. The diagnosis of nocardiosis was made by microscopic examination of the surgically resected portion of the lung and confirmed on culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi-221 005, India. raginijain29@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Ragini
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tilak
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lahiri
authors.forename: Vijai
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tilak
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult