PMID: 11907954Mar 23, 2002Paper

Acute community acquired pneumopathy caused by Nocardia asteroides in a 93-year-old female patient

Annales de médecine interne
A LaszloJ P Janssens

Abstract

Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) by Nocardia species is most often considered as an opportunistic infection occurring mainly in middle-aged adults. A 93-year old woman without any significant comorbidity other than a mild asthma, presenting with a non-resolving pneumonia, was successfully treated for a community-acquired LRTI by Nocardia asteroides. LRTI by Nocardia asteroides is a rare occurrence. Although more frequent in immuno-compromised patients (50 to 85% of cases reported), Nocardia asteroides infection also occurs in immuno-competent individuals. Very few reports describe LRTI infection by Nocardia sp. in the very old, and almost exclusively in patients with major co-morbidities or variable degrees of immuno-suppression.

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