Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series
Pulmonary nocardiosis is commonly recognized as an opportunistic infection in patients with predisposing immunosuppressive conditions. However, reports of pulmonary nocardiosis in the immunocompetent host are rare. Here, we report a case series of four patients with pulmonary nocardiosis without a p...
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| author | Inderjit Singh Frances Mae West Abraham Sanders Barry Hartman Dana Zappetti |
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| description | Pulmonary nocardiosis is commonly recognized as an opportunistic infection in patients with predisposing immunosuppressive conditions. However, reports of pulmonary nocardiosis in the immunocompetent host are rare. Here, we report a case series of four patients with pulmonary nocardiosis without a predisposing condition. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5c9b7403ae2244749278df3c33c035882025-02-03T01:10:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542015-01-01201510.1155/2015/314831314831Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case SeriesInderjit Singh0Frances Mae West1Abraham Sanders2Barry Hartman3Dana Zappetti4Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USADepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USAPulmonary nocardiosis is commonly recognized as an opportunistic infection in patients with predisposing immunosuppressive conditions. However, reports of pulmonary nocardiosis in the immunocompetent host are rare. Here, we report a case series of four patients with pulmonary nocardiosis without a predisposing condition.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/314831 |
| spellingShingle | Inderjit Singh Frances Mae West Abraham Sanders Barry Hartman Dana Zappetti Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| title | Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series |
| title_full | Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series |
| title_fullStr | Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series |
| title_short | Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Immunocompetent Host: Case Series |
| title_sort | pulmonary nocardiosis in the immunocompetent host case series |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/314831 |
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