Necrotizing nocardia pneumonia in an immunocompromised male

Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi; Madiha Ashraf; Anwar-ul-Huda

Necrotizing nocardia pneumonia in an immunocompromised male

Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
, Madiha Ashraf
, Anwar-ul-Huda

Department of Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

A case of pulmonary nocardiosis in a 43-year-old male is reported who was on corticosteroids for diffuse parenchymal lung disease. Despite early diagnosis and appropriate treatment, the response to therapy was poor likely to be due to delayed presentation.

Original language	English (UK)
Pages (from-to)	162-163
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
Volume	16
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Feb 2006

Keywords

Corticosteroid treatment
Immunosuppression
Nocardia asteroids

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Necrotizing nocardia pneumonia in an immunocompromised male

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