Open AccessNocardia cyriacigeorgica infection in a patient with pulmonary sequestration: A case report
Author(s) -
Jian Lin,
Xiaomai Wu,
Minfei Peng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i10.2367
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary sequestration , nocardia , pulmonary infection , microbiology and biotechnology , lung , bacteria , biology , genetics
Nocardia cyriacigeorgica ( N. cyriacigeorgica ) infection is uncommon in clinical practice. Pulmonary sequestration complicated with N. cyriacigeorgica has not been reported in the literature. Here, we present a case of pulmonary se-questration complicated with N. cyriacigeorgica infection in an immunocom-petent woman.