Pleuro-Pulmonary Nocardiosis as Opportunistic Infection in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C under Combination Treatment with Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin, and Boceprevir.

Csilla Putz-BankutiHarald H KesslerThomas Valentin Eva Leitner Emina TalakicHelmut SchoellnastPeter FickertGuenter J KrejsRudolf E Stauber

Published in: Case reports in hepatology (2013)

Nocardiosis is an infrequent but serious pulmonary infection caused by Gram-positive aerobic actinomycetes. In this paper, we report on a 48-year-old patient with pleuropulmonary nocardiosis and cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus infection treated with triple antiviral treatment complicated by prolonged neutropenia.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
case report
dendritic cells
combination therapy
gram negative
high intensity
immune response
replacement therapy
drug induced