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Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, Lakeland, USA.
Nocardial infections are rare but serious, often leading to systemic and cardiopulmonary complications. This is the first reported case of causing constrictive pericarditis in an immunocompetent individual. We present a 37-year-old Caucasian female patient with no significant medical history who developed pericarditis symptoms after handling crates from China.
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Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
April 2023
Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, La Tronche, France.
Human nocardiosis usually involves the respiratory tract or the skin but may disseminate to virtually any organ, it occurs in immunocompromised hosts as well as individuals with no apparent predisposition. Involvement of the pericardium is uncommon, having been reported infrequently in the past, but mandates a special management. This report describes the first case in Europe of a patient with chronic constrictive pericarditis from nocardia brasiliens, successfully treated with pericardiectomy and appropriate antibiotic therapy.
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Rev Mal Respir
June 2022
Service de pneumologie et de cancérologie thoracique, l'hôpital Nord Ouest, Villefranche sur Saône, France.
Introduction: Systemic nocardiosis is an infectious disease that is rarely associated with mediastinal lymph nodes.
Case Report: We report the case of a 72-year-old male patient treated with a high dose of oral corticosteroids for rheumatoid polyarthritis. This patient presented with rapid overall deterioration associated with mediastinal lymph nodes.
A case report of Nocardia asiatica constrictive pericarditis in a patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
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Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Medical Microbiology, Tshwane Academic Division, National Health Laboratory Service, Pretoria, South Africa.
Nocardiosis commonly affects the respiratory system and is a rare cause of purulent pericarditis. Invasive nocardial infections occur more frequently in patients with immunosuppression. A misdiagnosis as tuberculosis infection is not uncommon, especially in the context of immunosuppression in high burden tuberculosis settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Rare Presentation of Nocardia pericarditis Leading to Cardiac Tamponade in an Immunocompetent Patient.
Cureus
February 2019
Pulmonology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, USA.
can cause isolated disease in many parts of the body including the brain, skin, and lungs. It is also capable of causing disseminated disease. In almost all cases, infections occur in immunocompromised hosts with depressed cell-mediated functions.
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