title: Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a patient with interstitial pneumonia and Nocardia asiatica presenting as cavitary lung lesions.
abstract: A 66-year-old man who suffered from an acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia developed a cavitary lesion after taking immunosuppressive drugs. He was diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia. CMV was not thought to be the underlying cause of the cavitary lung lesions, as only six cases have been described thus far. However, this case clearly demonstrates that the development of cavitary lung lesions can be caused by CMV. Following CMV pneumonia, cavitary lesions again occurred in the patient's lungs that were thought to be the first case of cavitary lesions caused by Nocardia asiatica infection.
authors: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Saraya
authors: Kosuke
authors: K
authors: Ohkuma
authors: Ken
authors: K
authors: Kikuchi
authors: Masaki
authors: M
authors: Tamura
authors: Kojiro
authors: K
authors: Honda
authors: Atsuko
authors: A
authors: Yamada
authors: Koji
authors: K
authors: Araki
authors: Haruyuki
authors: H
authors: Ishii
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Makino
authors: Hidefumi
authors: H
authors: Takei
authors: Shin
authors: S
authors: Karita
authors: Masachika
authors: M
authors: Fujiwara
authors: Hajime
authors: H
authors: Takizawa
authors: Hajime
authors: H
authors: Goto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D011859:Radiography