Open AccessPulmonary Nocardiosis in Immunocompetent Patient: A Rare Case Report
Author(s) -
Kusum V Shah,
Saket Kumar,
Yash Rana,
Arti Shah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2020/47660.14389
Subject(s) - medicine , nocardiosis , nocardia , clarithromycin , sputum , sputum culture , acid fast , trimethoprim , sulfamethoxazole , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , tuberculosis , antibiotics , bacteria , biology , genetics , helicobacter pylori
Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare bacterial infection that may lead to severe disease in immunodeficient patients and usually not so common in immunocompetent patients. The report is about a 57-year-old male with Norcardiosis. His sputum and Bronchial Alveolar Lavage (BAL) were negative for acid-fast bacilli. Nocardia species was isolated in BAL culture. He was started on Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole and Clarithromycin, which was later continued for six months.