ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2012
First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
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- Large mediastinal mass diagnosed as Nocardia infection by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in a ceramic worker: A case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Isolated cerebellar abscess byJournal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
- Pyogranulomatous pleuropneumonia caused by Nocardia asiatica in a dog coinfected with canine morbillivirus (canine distemper virus).Veterinary medicine and science · 2020Article
- A case report of disseminated nocardiosis with ocular involvement in a myasthenia gravis patient and literature review.BMC neurology · 2019Review
- Multiple Brain Abscesses Caused by Nocardia asiatica in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The First Case Report and Literature Review.Annals of laboratory medicine · 2017Review
- Brain abscess caused by Nocardia asiatica.Surgical neurology international · 2016Article
- First report of Nocardia asiatica olecranon bursitis in an immunocompetent traveler returning to Austria.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2013Article
- Mediastinal mass and pericardial tamponade in a renal transplant recipient: A rare case of nocardia infection.The American journal of case reports · 2013Article
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Abstract
The spectrum of infections with Nocardia spp. is heterogeneous. It has classically been associated with lung, brain, or skin involvement. We describe an unusual presentation of Nocardia asiatica (N. asiatica) in an Iraqi patient with myasthenia gravis suffering from a disseminated infection and presenting with an anterior mediastinal cystic mass. N. asiatica has only been three times described outside Japan and Thailand, and the rarity of this entity deserves this communication.
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