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JUNDISHAPUR JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 91-94Publisher
AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIV MED SCI
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.5362
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Nocardia; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Corticosteroid; Pulmonary Disease
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A few case reports of coinfections with Nocardia and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) have previously been published in the literature. We report on a case of concomitant pulmonary nocardiosis and tuberculosis, in a recently diagnosed 55-year-old woman, with rheumatoid arthritis, who had been taking a short course of a low dose corticosteroid. The patient was treated with a combination of amikacin and imipenem, as well as a standard anti-TB regimen. Physiologic doses of corticosteroids might be a predisposing factor for opportunistic infections, such as nocardiosis or tuberculosis. Published by Kowsar Corp, 2013. cc 3.0.
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