Nocardiosis at an organ transplant center in Saudi Arabia: 15 years & #39; experience

Conclusion: Wider use of immunosuppressive therapy warrants vigilance to nocardiosis, which can present in a myriad of clinical forms. In our series, mortality was confined to the transplantation group, probably because of the relatively heavy immunosuppression. Nonetheless, prognosis is favorable if the infection is recognized and treated early.

Source: Journal of Global Infectious Diseases - February 26, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ihab Weheba Abeer Abdelsayed Abdulrahman A Alrajhi Sahar I Al-Thawadi Abdullah Mobeireek Source Type: research