A case report: Nocardia otitidiscaviarum bacteraemia in a patient with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma

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Case Report

Author Details : Sweta Shah*, Pooja Thakkar, Sandeep Goyle, Shweta Jadhav

Volume : 8, Issue : 4, Year : 2022

Article Page : 350-353

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijmmtd.2022.069

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Abstract

A 73 years old male patient, was admitted with fever, cough and generalised weakness since two to three days. He was diagnosed to have metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung 3 months back and was on chemotherapy. His blood culture grew The patient succumbed to the disease and various other comorbidities that had led to multi-organ failure. Incidence of bacteraemia due to nocardia and the associated common species in India is not known yet. It is imperative to widen the scope of the laboratory and to use diverse laboratory tools for accurate and rapid diagnosis of rare and unconventional pathogens.
 

Keywords: Nocardiosis, Nocardia otitidiscaviarum, Lung Adenocarcinoma

How to cite : Shah S, Thakkar P, Goyle S, Jadhav S, A case report: Nocardia otitidiscaviarum bacteraemia in a patient with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. IP Int J Med Microbiol Trop Dis 2022;8(4):350-353

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