Open AccessPrimary pulmonary nocardiosis by Nocardia brasiliensis: A case report and review of Indian literature
Author(s) -
Sanju Pannu,
Ashok Kumar Pannu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_576_19
Subject(s) - nocardia brasiliensis , medicine , nocardiosis , nocardia , lung , pathology , dermatology , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics
Infection by Nocardia brasiliensis is usually localized to the skin but can rarely spread to the lung, brain, or multiple sites particularly in the immunocompromised hosts. Moreover, primary systemic involvement without cutaneous disease is an extremely rare case. In the current study, we present a case of primary pulmonary nocardiosis caused by a multi-drug resistant N brasiliensis along with a review of the cases reported from India.