Pleuro-Pulmonary Nocardiosis as Opportunistic Infection in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C under Combination Treatment with Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin, and Boceprevir.
Nocardiosis is an infrequent but serious pulmonary infection caused by Gram-positive aerobic actinomycetes. In this paper, we report on a 48-year-old patient with pleuropulmonary nocardiosis and cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus infection treated with triple antiviral treatment complicated by prolonged neutropenia.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria ; Department of Internal Medicine, LKH Hoergas-Enzenbach, Austria.
Csilla
0000-0002-3082-8904
C
Putz-Bankuti
Research Unit Molecular Diagnostics and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, IHMEM, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Harald H
HH
Kessler
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Thomas
0000-0003-3615-0425
T
Valentin
Section of Infectious Diseases, Bacteriology and Mycology Laboratory, IHMEM, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Eva
0000-0001-8748-2249
E
Leitner
Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Emina
0000-0002-9948-138X
E
Talakic
Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Helmut
H
Schoellnast
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Peter
P
Fickert
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Guenter J
GJ
Krejs
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
Rudolf E
RE
Stauber