ALLMedicine™ Nocardiosis Center

Feb 3rd, 2021 - In clinical practice, nocardial infection is a rare opportunistic infection coexisting with potentially life-threatening condition, particularly in patients with HIV infection. Although the incidence remains low, it is still associated with high m...

Jan 27th, 2021 - A 47-year-old man was referred for ongoing workup of an enlarging lung mass. Extensive workup of the mass had been unrevealing for several months until cultures grew Nocardia beijingensis He was successfully treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxaz...

Jan 8th, 2021 - Nocardiosis is a rare infection that is often difficult to treat and may be life-threatening. There is no consensus on its management. Our aim was to provide the current evidence for the diagnosis and management of individuals with nocardiosis, an...

Jan 7th, 2021 - Nocardiosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection seen in immunocompromised patients or those with a dysfunctional immune system. Nocardia asteroides infection in patients with Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) has never been reported. We report an intere...

Jan 1st, 2021 - Nocardiosis is a rare infection in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). We identified three cases of MG admitted with nocardiosis in our unit. We performed systematic literature search of previous publications and identified 18 patients. This pap...

Feb 3rd, 2021 - In clinical practice, nocardial infection is a rare opportunistic infection coexisting with potentially life-threatening condition, particularly in patients with HIV infection. Although the incidence remains low, it is still associated with high m...

Jan 27th, 2021 - A 47-year-old man was referred for ongoing workup of an enlarging lung mass. Extensive workup of the mass had been unrevealing for several months until cultures grew Nocardia beijingensis He was successfully treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxaz...

Jan 8th, 2021 - Nocardiosis is a rare infection that is often difficult to treat and may be life-threatening. There is no consensus on its management. Our aim was to provide the current evidence for the diagnosis and management of individuals with nocardiosis, an...

Jan 7th, 2021 - Nocardiosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection seen in immunocompromised patients or those with a dysfunctional immune system. Nocardia asteroides infection in patients with Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) has never been reported. We report an intere...

Jan 1st, 2021 - Nocardiosis is a rare infection in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). We identified three cases of MG admitted with nocardiosis in our unit. We performed systematic literature search of previous publications and identified 18 patients. This pap...

Oct 22nd, 2019 - The 2 species of Demodex that cause disease in humans each behave distinctively: D folliculorum, with a cigar-shaped body, favors superficial hair follicles; D brevis, a smaller form, burrows deeper into skin where it feeds on the pilosebaceous un.

Oct 3rd, 2019 - Gram stain revealed gram-variable, branching, bacterial organisms morphologically consistent with Nocardia. Grocott-Gomori methenamine-silver and periodic acid–Schiff stains also highlighted the bacterial organisms (Figure 5).

Jan 4th, 2019 - The Diagnosis: Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis Comprehensive metabolic panel and complete blood cell count were unremarkable; human immunodeficiency virus screening was nonreactive. Punch biopsies were obtained for histopathology, as well as bacteri.

Apr 17th, 2018 - Nocardiosis occurred mainly in patients on high doses of corticosteroids for graft-versus-host disease, and 8 of the 10 affected patients were not receiving TMP-SMX for PJP prophylaxis; 7 were on atovaquone, and 1 was on intravenous pentamidine, M.

Jan 11th, 2018 - Case Report Slide Winners Christian Castaneda, MD: Levofloxacin-Induced Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonitis: A Case Report And Review Lucian Marts, MD: The Proof Is In The Platelets Fuad Aleskerov, MD: Disseminated Resistant Nocardiosis In Previously H.