Severe pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy: a case report
This case reminded us that for patients with a history of chronic lung disease, when pulmonary infection occurs during hormone or immunosuppressive therapy for kidney disease, the possibility of <i>Nocardia</i> infection should be fully considered, and high-quality specimens should be collected as early as possible. Appropriate bacterial culture methods and efficient identification techniques should be adopted to promptly identify pathogens, and personalized treatment plans should be developed based on antibiotic sensitivity tests to save patients' lives.
Authors
- Guorui Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2414-1241)
- Chi Xue-qian
- Zhisheng Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1271-7995)
- Yingying Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-077X)
- Chao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1563-8993)
- Chao Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-9063)
- Jiansheng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0858-5707)
- Yi Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-2337)
Institutions
- Wenzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Yueyang Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1496814
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Actinomycetales infections and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.07