Roy, Moni and Martial, Annia and Ahmad, Sharjeel (2020) Disseminated Nocardia beijingensis Infectionin an Immunocompetent Patient. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (11). pp. 1-4. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Nocardia is a genus of aerobic, non-motile and non-spore-forming filamentous branching bacteria with fragmentation into bacillary or coccoid forms. Infections caused by Nocardia often occur in immunocompromised hosts and are potentially life-threatening. Nocardia beijingensis has rarely been reported to cause infection in immunocompetent hosts. We present a case of disseminated infection due to Nocardia beijingensis in a patient with no known medical comorbidities, who presented with new-onset seizure. Another interesting finding in our case is that our patient did not have any pulmonary symptoms despite chest CT showing the pulmonary system as the likely primary site of infection. As per our literature review, this is the seventh reported case of infection due to Nocardiabeijingensis in an immunocompetent host.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Infectious diseases, disseminated Nocardia infection, Nocardia beijingensis infection, immunocompetent |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2021 14:02 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2021 14:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21035 |
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