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- Title
Concomitant Pulmonary Nocardiosis and Tuberculosis in a Patient With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A New View Point.
- Authors
Aminzadeh, Zohreh; Darazam, Ilad Alavi
- Abstract
A few case reports of coinfections with Nocardia and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) have previously been published in the literature. We report on a case of concomitant pulmonary nocardiosis and tuberculosis, in a recently diagnosed 55-year-old woman, with rheumatoid arthritis, who had been taking a short course of a low dose corticosteroid. The patient was treated with a combination of amikacin and imipenem, as well as a standard anti-TB regimen. Physiologic doses of corticosteroids might be a predisposing factor for opportunistic infections, such as nocardiosis or tuberculosis.
- Subjects
NOCARDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; NOCARDIOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; RHEUMATOID arthritis; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones
- Publication
Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
2008-3645
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.5812/jjm.5362