In Response to the Article “Computed Tomography Features of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Immunocompromised and Immunocompetent Patients”; Pol J Radiol, 2015; 80: 13–17
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Nocardiosis is an uncommon infection that occurs primarily in the immunocompromised patients, especially in patients with defective cell-mediated immunity [2]. Less commonly it may also be encountered in immunocompetent hosts. However, its incidence is rising probably due to the advent of improved and advanced laboratory detection methods and also due to the growing number of immunosuppressed patients. The incidence of nocardiosis ranges from 0.7% to 3.5% in solid organ transplant recipients [3]; whereas its incidence in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is decreasing probably due to effective medical therapy.
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