Disseminated Nocardiosis in a Breast Cancer Patient Caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum: A Case Report of Tertiary Centre in Saudi Arabia.
Cureus
; 14(2): e22686, 2022 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic disease that primarily affects patients with deficient immune systems. Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is one of the rare species of Nocardia and it represents less than 3% of all Nocardia cases. Clinical presentation can be varied according to the affected organ. This study describes a case of a breast cancer patient who is immunocompromised due to the chemotherapy. This patient presented with a feature of febrile neutropenia. Investigations of this case led to the diagnosis of Nocardia otitidiscaviarum . Treatment of this underlying infection required to hold the chemotherapy for good time and to adapt patient-specific cancer treatment according to the balance between both need of cancer control and infection treatment according to the susceptibility test as in our case.
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Cureus
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2022
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