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Name | Generalized nocardiosis in an immunocompromised patient- a case report |
Description | Case report:- Sunita Gajbhiye, 1 , Gopal Agrawal 1, S. N. Shrikhande 2 1 MD, Assistant Professor,2 MD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur 440018,India.
Abstract:-Nocardia is an uncommon pathogen in immunocompetent patients; however, it has been increasingly recognized as a significant opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised individuals. A 35 year old male patient presented with fever and multiple erythematous swellings over right supraclavicular and post auricular region. The swellings were with multiple discharging sinuses. Patient is a known case of miliary tuberculosis and is HIV seropositive. Gram stain of pus showed presence of slender, gram positive, branching, filamentous bacilli. Modified Ziehl Neelsen stain revealed numerous acid fast branching filamentous organisms with beaded appearance. On culture the isolate was identified as Nocardia asteroides.
Keywords:-Nocardia asteroids, generalized nocardiosis, infection in immunocompromised. |
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