Disseminated Nocardia beijingensis Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient
  • Moni Roy
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, USA and OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois, USA http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8206-3405
  • Annia Martial
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, USA
  • Sharjeel Ahmad
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Abstract

Nocardia is a genus of aerobic, non-motile and non-spore-forming filamentous branching bacteria with fragmentation into bacillary or coccoid forms. Infections caused by Nocardia often occur in immunocompromised hosts and are potentially life-threatening. Nocardia beijingensis has rarely been reported to cause infection in immunocompetent hosts. We present a case of disseminated infection due to Nocardia beijingensis in a patient with no known medical comorbidities, who presented with new-onset seizure. Another interesting finding in our case is that our patient did not have any pulmonary symptoms despite chest CT showing the pulmonary system as the likely primary site of infection. As per our literature review, this is the seventh reported case of infection due to Nocardia beijingensis in an immunocompetent host.

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    Published: 2020-09-09
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 11 (view)

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    Roy M, Martial A, Ahmad S. Disseminated Nocardia beijingensis Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001904.

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