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  • Pulmonary nocardiosis complicated with aspergillosis: three cases report and literature review

    ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical features of patients who went through Nocardia co-infection with Aspergillus in lung.MethodsClinical data of 3 pulmonary nocardiosis patients complicated with aspergillosis from China-Japan Hospital during June 2015 and May 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. Nine related literatures found at PubMed were reviewed and they all were case report. No Chinese literature was found at Wanfang data and Chinese Journal Fulltext Database.ResultsAll of the 3 patients were diagnosed as pulmonary nocardiosis by etiological detection, at the same time meeting the diagnostic criteria of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Two cases were infected with Aspergillus fumigatus. Aspergillus was not detected in the third case, but the galactomannan of serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid significantly increased.ConclusionPulmonary nocardiosis complicated with aspergillosis trends to occur in immunocompromised patients, and pathogen detection is important for diagnosis.

    Release date:2018-07-23 03:28 Export PDF Favorites Scan
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