Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis. (15th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schoen, Lucy; Santoro, Jonathan D.; Milla, Carlos; Bhargava, Sumit
• Other Names: Koizumi Tomonobu Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in pulmonology. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-04-15
• Subjects: Lungs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory infections -- Periodicals; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiratory Tract Infections; Lungs -- Diseases; Respiratory infections; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Periodicals; Case Reports; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/984171
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6846

Abstract

Abstract : Nocardia spp. are bacteria of low virulence that cause infection classically in immunocompromised hosts with the lungs as the primary site of infection in the majority of cases. Patients with cystic fibrosis have pulmonary disease characterized by frequent and progressive bacterial infections. Reports of Nocardia spp. isolation in CF are rare in the literature and may represent colonization or active infection, the significance and optimal treatment of which are unknown. We report the second case to date of Nocardia transvalensis pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent patient with CF and the first in a child under the age of eighteen.