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Pulmonary nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient with cystic fibrosis. Case reports in pulmonology Schoen, L., Santoro, J. D., Milla, C., Bhargava, S. 2015; 2015: 984171-?

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.

View details for DOI 10.1155/2015/984171

View details for PubMedID 25960909

View details for PubMedCentralID PMC4414227