Pleuropulmonary and soft tissue Nocardia cyriacigeorgici infection in a patient with Behcet's disease

Authors

• Ugur Arslan, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya 42080, Turkey. Tel. +90 (33) 22237260. Fax. +90 (332) 2236184. E-mail: arslan_ugur40{at}yahoo.com
• Inci Tuncer, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya 42080, Turkey. Tel. +90 (33) 22237260. Fax. +90 (332) 2236184. E-mail: arslan_ugur40{at}yahoo.com
• Elif B. Uysal, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya 42080, Turkey. Tel. +90 (33) 22237260. Fax. +90 (332) 2236184. E-mail: arslan_ugur40{at}yahoo.com
• Ramazan Inci, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya 42080, Turkey. Tel. +90 (33) 22237260. Fax. +90 (332) 2236184. E-mail: arslan_ugur40{at}yahoo.com

Abstract

Infections with Nocardia species are generally seen in immunocompromised subjects. In this report, we present a case of pleuropulmonary and skin Nocardia cyriacigeorgici infection in a male patient with Behcet9s disease who used corticosteroids and immunosupressives for a long period of time. He died before the diagnosis of Nocardia infection was made.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

1435

Last Page

1437

Recommended Citation

Arslan, Ugur; Tuncer, Inci; Uysal, Elif B.; and Inci, Ramazan (2007) "Pleuropulmonary and soft tissue Nocardia cyriacigeorgici infection in a patient with Behcet's disease," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 28: Iss. 9, Article 24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.4064