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Endobronchial nocardiosis in an 11‐year‐old child
Author(s) -
Cakir Erkan,
Buyukpinarbasili Nur,
Ziyade Sedat,
SelcukDuru Hatice N.,
Bilgin Mehmet,
Topuz Ufuk
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.22740
Subject(s) - nocardiosis , medicine , pneumonia , abscess , nocardia , pulmonary infection , dermatology , surgery , biology , genetics , bacteria
Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare infection and overwhelmingly limited to immunocompromised individuals. Endobronchial nocardiosis is even more rare. Nocardiosis is rarely seen in immunocompetent hosts mostly as cutaneous infection. Here we report an immunocompetent child with endobronchial nocardiosis presenting as nonresolving pneumonia and lung abscess. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported in the literature of endobronchial nocardiosis in a child. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2013; 48:1144–1147. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.