Clinical Features of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Patients with Different Underlying Diseases: A Case Series Study.

Cheng ZhongPingping HuangYasheng ZhanYake YaoJunhui YeHua Zhou

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2022)

PN mainly occurred in ICH patients, but also occurred in the ICO cases to a lesser extent, especially in patients with bronchiectasis and/or COPD. Complicated with extrapulmonary infections mainly occurred in ICH population and combination of two antibiotics was often used in ICH group. The case fatality rates were 14.6% in ICH and 8.7% in ICO cases, respectively.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
cystic fibrosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
pulmonary hypertension
patient reported outcomes