A complicated infection by cutaneous Nocardia wallacei and pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus in a Chinese immunocompetent patient: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Nocardiosis is an infectious disease caused by Nocardia that primarily affects immunocompromised hosts. Mycobacterium abscessus is a common opportunistic pathogen that causes disease in humans, including pulmonary and extrapulmonary infection. Nocardia spp. infection is uncommon, and infection with Nocardia wallacei and Mycobacterium abscessus is even rarer. A 59-year-old immunocompetent woman with risk factors for environmental exposure developed nocardiosis and presented to the hospital with a cough, shortness of breath, hemoptysis, and a back abscess. An enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed partial destruction of the right lung, as well as consolidation of the right upper lobe. Rare pathogens N. wallacei and Mycobacterium a

SUBMITTER: Qin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10467026 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature