Nocardia - Opportunistic chest infection in elderly: A case report.

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Kaushik Sanyal, Kanagasabesan Sabanathan

Abstract

In this rare case a non-immunocompromised patient with old Tuberculosis on low dose of steroids presents with opportunistic infection of a weakly aerobic gram positive acid fast, filamentous bacteria called Nocardia.An 80 year old non-smoking white female presented with cough, shortness of breath and purulent sputum.Initial antibiotics given were not helpful. Later microbial diagnosis was Nocardia in sputum sample which was uncommon in a non-immunocompromised. She responded to co-trimoxazole therapy.

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