Case Report
Nocardia – Opportunistic chest infection in elderly: A case report
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* Corresponding author: Kaushik Sanyal ksanyal01@doctors.org.uk
Department of Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
Cases Journal 2008, 1:122 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-1-122
Published: 21 August 2008Abstract
In this rare case a non-immunocompromised patient with old Tuberculosis on low dose of steroids presents with opportunistic infection of a weakly aerobic gram positive acid fast, filamentous bacteria called Nocardia.
An 80 year old non-smoking white female presented with cough, shortness of breath and purulent sputum.
Initial antibiotics given were not helpful. Later microbial diagnosis was Nocardia in sputum sample which was uncommon in a non-immunocompromised. She responded to co-trimoxazole therapy.