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Abscess of adrenal gland caused by disseminated subacute Nocardia farcinica pneumonia. A case report and mini-review of the literature.

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Abscess of adrenal gland caused by disseminated subacute Nocardia farcinica pneumonia. A case report and mini-review of the literature. / Tachezy, Michael; Simon, Philipp; Ilchmann, Corina; Vashist, Yogesh; Izbicki, Jakob R.; Gawad, Karim A.

In: BMC INFECT DIS, Vol. 9, 2009, p. 194.

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Harvard

Tachezy, M, Simon, P, Ilchmann, C, Vashist, Y, Izbicki, JR & Gawad, KA 2009, 'Abscess of adrenal gland caused by disseminated subacute Nocardia farcinica pneumonia. A case report and mini-review of the literature.', BMC INFECT DIS, vol. 9, pp. 194. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-194

APA

Tachezy, M., Simon, P., Ilchmann, C., Vashist, Y., Izbicki, J. R., & Gawad, K. A. (2009). Abscess of adrenal gland caused by disseminated subacute Nocardia farcinica pneumonia. A case report and mini-review of the literature. BMC INFECT DIS, 9, 194. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-194

Vancouver

Tachezy M, Simon P, Ilchmann C, Vashist Y, Izbicki JR, Gawad KA. Abscess of adrenal gland caused by disseminated subacute Nocardia farcinica pneumonia. A case report and mini-review of the literature. BMC INFECT DIS. 2009;9:194. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-194

Bibtex

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title = "Abscess of adrenal gland caused by disseminated subacute Nocardia farcinica pneumonia. A case report and mini-review of the literature.",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Infections caused by Nocardia farcinica are uncommon and show a great variety of clinical manifestations in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Because of its unspecific symptoms and tendency to disseminate it may mimic the clinical symptoms and radiologic findings of a tumour disease and the diagnosis of nocardiosis can easily be missed, because there are no characteristic symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of an adrenal gland abscess caused by subacute disseminated N. farcinica pneumonia. CONCLUSION: An infection with N. farcinica is potentially lethal because of its tendency to disseminate -particularly in the brain- and its high resistance to antibiotics. Awareness of this differential diagnosis allows early and appropriate treatment to be administered.",
author = "Michael Tachezy and Philipp Simon and Corina Ilchmann and Yogesh Vashist and Izbicki, {Jakob R.} and Gawad, {Karim A.}",
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T1 - Abscess of adrenal gland caused by disseminated subacute Nocardia farcinica pneumonia. A case report and mini-review of the literature.

AU - Tachezy, Michael

AU - Simon, Philipp

AU - Ilchmann, Corina

AU - Vashist, Yogesh

AU - Izbicki, Jakob R.

AU - Gawad, Karim A.

PY - 2009

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N2 - BACKGROUND: Infections caused by Nocardia farcinica are uncommon and show a great variety of clinical manifestations in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Because of its unspecific symptoms and tendency to disseminate it may mimic the clinical symptoms and radiologic findings of a tumour disease and the diagnosis of nocardiosis can easily be missed, because there are no characteristic symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of an adrenal gland abscess caused by subacute disseminated N. farcinica pneumonia. CONCLUSION: An infection with N. farcinica is potentially lethal because of its tendency to disseminate -particularly in the brain- and its high resistance to antibiotics. Awareness of this differential diagnosis allows early and appropriate treatment to be administered.

AB - BACKGROUND: Infections caused by Nocardia farcinica are uncommon and show a great variety of clinical manifestations in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Because of its unspecific symptoms and tendency to disseminate it may mimic the clinical symptoms and radiologic findings of a tumour disease and the diagnosis of nocardiosis can easily be missed, because there are no characteristic symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of an adrenal gland abscess caused by subacute disseminated N. farcinica pneumonia. CONCLUSION: An infection with N. farcinica is potentially lethal because of its tendency to disseminate -particularly in the brain- and its high resistance to antibiotics. Awareness of this differential diagnosis allows early and appropriate treatment to be administered.

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SP - 194

JO - BMC INFECT DIS

JF - BMC INFECT DIS

SN - 1471-2334

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