Abstract
Patients who are immunocompromised are predisposed to a variety of common and uncommon pulmonary infections. We report a case of mixed pulmonary infection by drug resistant tuberculosis with a nocardiosis in a 49-year-old man who was a known case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, on prolonged corticosteroid use with diabetes mellitus. Chronic use of corticosteroids is a predisposing factor for opportunistic infections, such as nocardiosis or tuberculosis. Since such a mixed infection is rare, maybe a combined approach to therapy early in the course of disease would be effective in such cases.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 79-81 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Nocardia
- corticosteroid
- immunocompromised
- tuberculosis
