Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis

Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis

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. Repor...

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Main Authors: Lucy Schoen, Jonathan D. Santoro, Carlos Milla, Sumit Bhargava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/984171
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spelling doaj-a560e80bdf8446f4a2c3f4ca5dd489142020-11-24T22:43:43ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542015-01-01201510.1155/2015/984171984171Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic FibrosisLucy Schoen0Jonathan D. Santoro1Carlos Milla2Sumit Bhargava3Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Li Ka Shing Building, Stanford, CA 94305-5101, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford Children’s Hospital, 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USADivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Children’s Hospital, 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USADivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Children’s Hospital, 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USANocardia 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/984171
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Jonathan D. Santoro
Carlos Milla
Sumit Bhargava
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Carlos Milla
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
Case Reports in Pulmonology
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Jonathan D. Santoro
Carlos Milla
Sumit Bhargava
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title Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
title_short Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
title_full Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
title_fullStr Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
title_sort pulmonary nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient with cystic fibrosis
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Pulmonology
issn 2090-6846
2090-6854
publishDate 2015-01-01
description 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.
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