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S Afr Med J
; 107(1): 43-45, 2016 Dec 21.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28112090
RESUMO
We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis in a 41-year-old asthma patient. Chest radiographs showed bilateral air space and consolidations.Acid-fast branching filaments were demonstrated in sputum, and the grown organism was identified phenotypically and confirmed using16S rDNA sequencing (accession no. KX500116). The patient received a combination of medical treatments, but developed complications,which were managed over the next 3 months, after which she was discharged. Pulmonary nocardiosis should be considered in patientsundergoing steroid therapy or when a chronic infection does not respond to first-line treatment.