Alp Emine, Yildiz Orhan, Aygen Bilgehan, Sumerkan Bulent, Sari Ismail, Koc Kemal, Couble Andrée, Laurent Frederic, Boiron Patrick, Doganay Mehmet
Department of Infectious Diseases, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(6-7):545-8. doi: 10.1080/00365540500532860.
Pulmonary nocardiosis is the major clinical manifestation of human nocardiosis and disseminated infection can be seen in immunocompromised patients. N. asteroides is the predominant pathogen associated with disseminated diseases. We report 2 cases of pulmonary nocardiosis admitted with disseminated infection, caused by rare species of Nocardia: Nocardia transvalensis and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica.
肺诺卡菌病是人类诺卡菌病的主要临床表现，免疫功能低下的患者可出现播散性感染。星形诺卡菌是与播散性疾病相关的主要病原体。我们报告了2例因罕见诺卡菌属菌种——特兰斯瓦诺卡菌和乔治西里亚西诺卡菌引起的伴有播散性感染的肺诺卡菌病病例。
