Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare but life-threatening infectious disease caused by Nocardia species. It mainly affects immunocompromised patients such as AIDS patients and recipients of organ transplantations. However, an early diagnosis of pulmonary nocardiosis can be difficult due to nonspecific clinical signs or symptoms. Therefore, clinical suspicion of pulmonary nocardiosis is essential.
A recent study published in the American Journal of Infectious Diseases reported that the local respiratory clinical specimens using bronchoscop y were useful to obtain a definite diagnosis . Study details The study enrolled 5 patients (four females and one male) with pulmonary nocardiosis with a mean age of 65.6 years . According to the study, 3 patients showed unrevealed respiratory diseases such as bronchiectasis or chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and two patients had received…
