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Pulmonary nocardiosis presenting as fungal ball -- a rare entity

Author(s) -

Ragini Tilak,

Dipti Agarwal,

Lahiri Tk,

Vijai Tilak

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.287

Subject(s) - nocardia , nocardiosis , medicine , pulmonary infection , lung , nocardia infections , opportunistic infection , pathology , surgery , biology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , bacteria , genetics , viral disease

Pulmonary intracavitary infection caused by Nocardia is an opportunistic infection and is believed to be a rare entity. We describe a case report of a patient with culture positive Nocardia asteroides who presented with complaints of cough and expectoration with episodes of haemoptysis and dyspnoea. The diagnosis of nocardiosis was made by microscopic examination of the surgically resected portion of the lung and confirmed on culture.

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