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Pneumococcal Pneumonia Co-infection with Mycobacterium avium and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in an Immunocompetent Patient.
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Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2022 Apr 15; Vol. 61 (8), pp. 1285-1290. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 19. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- A 61-year-old woman was transferred with a complaint of a fever and productive cough. She had tested positive for Mycobacterium avium and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica at least twice, and Streptococcus pneumonia (PISP) was isolated (3+) from her purulent sputum. As radiological findings, a lower lung field-dominant infiltration shadow and nodular shadow with cavity were recognized in the bilateral lung fields. We diagnosed her with pneumococcal pneumonia co-infection with M. avium and N. cyriacigeorgica. She was treated with MEPM for pneumococcal pneumonia, a standard regimen containing clarithromycin for pulmonary M. avium complex (MAC) disease, and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim for pulmonary nocardiosis. She improved with appropriate treatment.
- Subjects :
- Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium avium
Coinfection diagnosis
Lung Diseases microbiology
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection complications
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection diagnosis
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection drug therapy
Nocardia
Nocardia Infections complications
Nocardia Infections diagnosis
Nocardia Infections drug therapy
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal complications
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal diagnosis
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal drug therapy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1349-7235
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34670879
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6895-20