| Nocardiosis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Infectious diseases  |
Nocardiosis is an infectious disease affecting either the lungs (pulmonary nocardiosis) or the whole body (systemic nocardiosis). It is due to infection by a bacterium of the genus Nocardia, most commonly Nocardia asteroides or Nocardia brasiliensis.
It is most common in adult immunocompromised males. In patients with brain involvement, mortality exceeds 80%; in other forms, mortality is about 50%, even with appropriate therapy.[1]
It is one of several conditions that have been called "the great imitator".[2] Cutaneous nocardiosis commonly occurs in immunocompetent hosts and is caused in 80% of cases by Nocardia brasiliensis.[3][4]
- ^ "Nocardiosis (Professional Guide to Diseases". WrongDiagnosis.com (Eighth ed.). Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ^ Lederman ER, Crum NF (September 2004). "A case series and focused review of nocardiosis: clinical and microbiologic aspects". Medicine. 83 (5): 300–313. doi:10.1097/01.md.0000141100.30871.39. PMID 15342974. S2CID 23940448.
- ^ Rapini RP, Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
- ^ Lovecchio A, Bazzacco G, Di Bella S, Di Meo N, Luzzati R (2022-06-06). "Uncommon lymphocutaneous cellulitis after insect bite: a case report of primary cutaneous nocardiosis and literature review". Le Infezioni in Medicina. 30 (2): 285–292. doi:10.53854/liim-3002-15. PMC 9177186. PMID 35693062.