title: Fatal cases of disseminated nocardiosis: challenges to physicians and clinical microbiologists - Case report.
abstract: Despite the development in the identification of Nocardia spp., common challenges exist in the laboratory diagnosis and management of nocardiosis. We report two cases of disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with hematologic disorder and in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, where the cooperation between various specialists was essential to set up the adequate diagnosis of disseminated nocardiosis.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Haematology, Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Klára
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piukovics
authors.affiliation: 2 Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Viktória
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bertalan
authors.affiliation: 3 Institute of Clinical Microbiology, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Terhes
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Pathology, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ágnes
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Báthori
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Infectious Diseases, First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Edit
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hajdú
authors.affiliation: 6 Department of Rheumatology, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pokorny
authors.affiliation: 6 Department of Rheumatology, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.affiliation: 3 Institute of Clinical Microbiology, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Edit
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Urbán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009615:Nocardia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Nocardia spp.; culture; fatal; immunocompromised; infection