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Jhon Edwar Garcia Rueda1, Karen Yohana García Rueda2, Angélica María Bermúdez Flórez3
1Internal Medicine, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, COL.
Abstract:
Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infectious pathology of low incidence that usually affects the lungs, skin, and brain. It has been implicated in causing serious and potentially fatal infections without treatment. It affects immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. In immunocompetent patients, it is presented with local conditions, and in immunocompromised patients, it is seen in disseminated forms. We present the case of a 61-year-old male immunocompetent patient with a high suspicion of pulmonary carcinoma, in whom pathology showed infection by Nocardia spp.
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