Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with pemphigus foliaceus: case report and literature review.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Luo, Ning; Tan, Shifan; Li, Xiaocai; Liu, Si; Singh, Shivank; Chen, Mafeng; Yang, Weiye; He, Yanhong; Chen, Chunna; Liang, Min
- Source
- BMC Infectious Diseases. 1/6/2021, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p.
- Subject
- *PEMPHIGUS
*OPPORTUNISTIC infections
*LITERATURE reviews
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*LUNG infections
*NOCARDIOSIS
*BACTERIAL disease complications
*DIAGNOSIS of bacterial diseases
*SPUTUM microbiology
*ANTIBIOTICS
*BACTERIAL diseases
*BODY fluids
*NOCARDIA
*PREDNISONE
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*GRAM-negative aerobic bacteria
*IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients
*DISEASE complications
- Language
- ISSN
- 1471-2334
Background: Nocardiosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection seen in immunocompromised patients or those with a dysfunctional immune system. Nocardia asteroides infection in patients with Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) has never been reported.Case Presentation: We report an interesting case of nocardiosis-characterized by pulmonary intra-cavitary infection, in a 54-year-old man with PF and diabetes mellitus. The man finally recovered from the infection.Conclusions: This is the first case reporting pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with PF. We recommend that physicians be aware of nocardiosis in patients with pemphigus as a possible cause of underlying infectious disease to avoid misdiagnoses and mismanagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]