Pulmonary nocardiosis: Unusual presentation in Intensive Care Unit

Ashok Kumar Singh, Aditya Shukla, R Bajwa, Roshni Agrawal, Neha SrivastwaIndian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2018 22(2):125-127 Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare disease, which mainly affects immunocompromised hosts such as uncontrolled diabetics; HIV patients; and patients on immunosuppressive therapies such as anticancer drugs, systemic steroids, and transplant recipients. The diagnosis is often missed and delayed, resulting in inappropriate treatment and thus higher mortality. We are reporting a case of pulmonary nocardiosis with acute presentation in an immune-competent host, who presented with community-acquired pneumonia to the Intensive Care Unit. Clinical expertise with multiple high-end and interventional investigations timely confirmed the case as pulmonary nocardiosis. Conservative management with medications led to her complete recovery.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Source Type: research