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ArticleCureus2026

Coinfection With Nocardia exalbida and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Following Steroid Pulse Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Shinichiro Inatomi, Yuki Sakai, Naoki Yamaguchi, Yuki Suzuki, Kei Kasahara

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Shinichiro InatomiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Nara, JPN.
Yuki SakaiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Nara, JPN.
Naoki YamaguchiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Nara, JPN.
Yuki SuzukiDepartment of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Nara, JPN.
Kei KasaharaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Nara, JPN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis and pulmonary tuberculosis following steroid pulse therapy for presumed myelitis. A 74-year-old man with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, chronic heart failure, and type 2 diabetes mellitus received two courses of steroid pulse therapy for suspected inflammatory myelitis. One month later, he developed progressive dyspnea and was admitted to our hospital. Chest computed tomography revealed multifocal right-sided infiltrates and pleural effusion. Although empirical piperacillin/tazobactam was initiated for presumed bacterial pneumonia, sputum Gram and Kinyoun stains revealed thin, branching, partially acid-fast bacilli, and sequencing of the

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coinfectioncorticosteroid therapynocardia exalbidapulmonary nocardiosispulmonary tuberculosis

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PMID42605332
PMCPMC13477607

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