Sporotrichoid Skin Infection Caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a Kidney Transplant Patient

A fatal pulmonary infection by Nocardia brasiliensis.

The reported case is of primary pulmonary nocardiosis, caused by Nocardia brasiliensis, in a immunocompromised patient, which ended fatally despite appropriate treatment. The partially acid fast filamentous bacterium was predominant on direct examination of the sputum. It was cultured on blood agar, MacConkey agar and by paraffin baiting technique. The bacterium was resistant to cotrimoxazole, ...

Disseminated Nocardia Brasiliensis Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient.

A novel therapeutic approach for Nocardia infections is presented. We report the successful treatment of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis with a three-drug combination in an immunocompromised patient with in vitro susceptibility testing used to guide therapy. New therapeutic options are required in some patients due to their failure to respond to the treatment of choice, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazol...

Covid-19 infection in kidney transplant recipients: a case report

Nocardia brasiliensis Infection Complicating Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia

Pulmonary nocardiosis is a severe and uncommon opportunistic infection caused by Nocardia species. We present a patient with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia who was receiving long-term immunosuppressive therapy, whose treatment course was complicated by cutaneous and pulmonary nocardiosis. Tissue cultures confirmed Nocardia brasiliensis. Nocardiosis should be a diagnostic consideration for pat...

Thyrotoxicosis followed by Hypothyroidism due to Suppurative Thyroiditis Caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a Patient with Advanced Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

Acute thyroiditis is an extremely rare complication of nocardiosis. We report a patient with hyperthyroidism due to suppurative thyroiditis caused by Nocardia brasiliensis. A 38-year-old Black male presented with features of thyrotoxicosis, sepsis and airway obstruction. He had no evidence of underlying thyroid disease, but was severely immunocompromised as a result of acquired immunodeficiency...