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[Retrospective analysis of 13 cases of nocardiosis].
Yang, H Q; Shi, H Z; Tong, Z H.
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  • Yang HQ; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China.
Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi ; 40(8): 588-591, 2017 Aug 12.
Article em Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28810311
Objective: To evaluate the clinical features, chest radiological manifestations, microbiological examination and treatments of nocardial disease. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the data of patients with nocardial infection admitted to Beijing Chaoyang Hospital from January 2010 to January 2016. Results: The 13 patients, 6 males and 7 females, aged (51±17) years. Twelve cases were diagnosed with pulmonary nocardiosis, and 1 with disseminated nocardial infection. Most of these patients had complications: autoimmune diseases in 3 (2 with autoimmune hemolytic anemia and 1 with systemic lupus erythematosus), and bronchiectasis in 6 patients. The most common symptoms were cough, expectoration and fever. The main manifestations of CT scans included nodules or masses, bronchiectasis, ground glass opacity, cavity and pleural thickening. Six cases were confirmed by sputum smear microscopy, 4 by bronchoalveolar lavage, 2 by percutaneous lung biopsy and 1 by renal abscess puncture. After diagnosis, antibiotics such as Co-trimoxazole, amikacin, cephalosporins, imipenem, minomycin, or linezolid were used, and the 13 patients were all cured and discharged. Conclusions: Pulmonary nocardiosis was the most common clinical presentation of nocardial infection. Cough, expectoration and fever were the most common symptoms. The main findings of CT scans were nodules or masses, bronchiectasis, ground glass opacity, cavity and pleural thickening. The diagnosis of nocardiosis was not easy because of the non-specific clinical presentations and difficult culture of nocardia spp. Thus, high clinical suspicion of nocardiosis is necessary for earlier diagnosis and treatment.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Nocardia / Nocardiose Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: Zh Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Nocardia / Nocardiose Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: Zh Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article