title: Pulmonary and psoas muscle nocardiosis in a patient with lupus nephritis: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The incidence of nocardiosis is increasing with the expansion of immunosuppressive therapy and improvement of laboratory diagnostic methods. Nocardiosis could be fatal in the compromised host. Some Nocardia species are known to be multi-drug resistant. Thus, early recognition and identification of Nocardia species are important for patient treatment and outcome. Recently, we treated a patient with pulmonary and psoas muscle nocardiosis in a woman taking prednisolone for lupus nephritis; the isolated organism was Nocardia farcinica identified by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism testing.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, 97 Gurodong-Gil, Guro-Gu, Seoul, 152-703, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Hee Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: Jung Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Won Suk
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Yu Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Joon Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Chang Kyu
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Woo Joo
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000382:microbiology*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000009:adverse effects; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone