SMJ articles in the category "Nocardia asteroides"

Case Report

A Case of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Leading to Pneumonia with Unusual Organisms

We describe the case of a 50-year-old male with a history of asthma and seizure disorder who presented with a 5-month history of dyspnea. The patient had been treated with multiple courses of antibiotics for presumed community-acquired pneumonia before being determined to have allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) by serologic and…

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Case Report

Intralobar and Extralobar Bronchopulmonary Sequestration Complicated by Nocardia asteroides Infection

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital or acquired pulmonary anomaly. Pulmonary sequestration may be classified as intralobar, located within normal lung, or extralobar, in which it is separated by pleura. The coexistence of both forms is extremely rare. Infection, mainly bacterial, is a major complication of sequestration. We report the…

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