Disseminated Nocardiosis: an unexpected diagnosis

• Autores: Inês Zão, Paulo Torres Ramalho
• Localización: Galicia Clínica, ISSN 0304-4866, ISSN-e 1989-3922, Vol. 81, Nº. 1 (Enero), 2020, págs. 16-18
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Nocardiosis diseminada: un diagnóstico inesperado
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  • Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection caused by the bacteria Nocardia spp. It may present as a localized cutaneous infection or as an invasive infection (pulmonary, central nervous system or disseminated). The authors describe a 65-years-old woman, without a known cause of immunosuppression, admitted with fever, respiratory and constitutional symptoms. After an exhaustive etiological study, it was diagnosed a disseminated nocardiosis (pulmonary and central nervous system), in a probable context of immunosuppression secondary to a previously undiagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Nocardiosis is a serious infection with a variable and non-specific presentation making its diagnosis a challenge.