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Nocardia asteroids causing pulmonary nocardiosis presenting as fungal ball
Bimoch Projna Paty1, Gitanjali Sarangi1, Dibya Prasanna Mohanty1, Snigdha Rani Choudhury1, Dharitri Mohapatra1, Sidhartha Sankar Das2, Debabrata Dash1, Nirupma Chayani1
1 Department of Microbiology, S. C. B. Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha, India
2 Department of Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Surgery, S. C. B. Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Correspondence Address:
Bimoch Projna Paty
Department of Microbiology, S. C. B. Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack - 753 007, Odisha
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.145026
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Pulmonary nocardiosis presenting as a fungal ball in a preexisting cavity is a rare presentation. We report such a case in a 18 yrs old male patient presented with cough with expectoration & episodes of haemoptysis with a past history of tuberculosis. Diagnosis was done by microscopic examination of the resected sample & confirmed on culture. |
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