Tuberc Respir Dis.  1990 Jun;37(2):211-215. 10.4046/trd.1990.37.2.211.

A Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis

• KMID: 2528502
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1990.37.2.211

Abstract

Nocardiosis is a localized or disseminated infection caused by a soil-borne aerobic actinomycete which is gram-positve and weak acid-fast usually introduced through the respiratory tract. The pulmonary event in humans may be transient or subclinical or may provoke an acute or chronic bronchopulmonary process mimicking tuberculous and mycotic infection or malignancy. Nocardia l infection are not rare in the USA, but very rare in Korea . We have exprienced a case of pulmpnary nocardiosis associated with aspergillosis. The diagnosis was made by culture of the sputum and open lung biopsy specimens showing characteristic weak acid-fastness on modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining with branching hyphae on gram staining and histologic examination of open lung biopsy specimens. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis with the review of the relevant literatures.