Journals / Respiratory Case Reports / 2018 / Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 2

Unexplained Pleural Infection in an Immunosuppressive Patient: Nocardiosis

İmmünsüpresif bir Hastada Açıklanamayan Plevral İnfeksiyon: Nocardiozis

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127–130
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Pleural nocardiosis should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of cases of pleural effusion with an unknown origin, particularly among immunosuppressed patients.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Pleural involvement in nocardiosis is rare and usually accompanies pulmonary paranchymal involvement.
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Key Findings & Data:In the case presented here, the patient had been treated with a systemic corticosteroid for a long time for temporal arteritis.
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Conclusion & Impact:Pleural nocardiosis should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of cases of pleural effusion with an unknown origin, particularly among immunosuppressed patients.
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Abstract

Pleural involvement in nocardiosis is rare and usually accompanies pulmonary paranchymal involvement. In the case presented here, the patient had been treated with a systemic corticosteroid for a long time for temporal arteritis. He was continuing the treatment when he was referred to our clinic for a diagnosis of the pleural disease. Following a positive pleural culture result for Nocardia, trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole treatment was initiated. Clinical and radiological improvement was observed with treatment. Pleural nocardiosis should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of cases of pleural effusion with an unknown origin, particularly among immunosuppressed patients.

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Plevral Nocardiosis nadir bir plevral tutulumdur ve genellikle akciğer parankim tutulumu ile birliktedir. Sunulan hasta temporal arterit nedeniyle uzun süreli sistemik kortikosteroid tedavisi almıştır. Tedavisi halen sürerken plevral sıvının teşhisi için kliniğimize yönlendirilmiştir. Plevral sıvının kültüründe Nocardia üremesi üzerine trimetoprim-sulfametaksazol tedavisi başlanmıştır. Tedavi ile klinik ve radyolojik iyileşme gözlenmiştir. Plevral Nocardiozis, immünsüprese hastalarda nedeni açıklanamayan plevral sıvıların ayırıcı tanısında akla getirilmelidir.

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GÖKER, G., ERBAYCU, A. E., GAYAF, A. M., ALİZOROĞLU, D., GÜRSOY, S., DEMİREL, M. M. (2018). Unexplained Pleural Infection in an Immunosuppressive Patient: Nocardiosis. Respiratory Case Reports, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 2, 127–130. https://ajindex.com/articles/302447

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