First Report ofNocardia asiaticaPresenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First Report ofNocardia asiaticaPresenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Published:2012 Issue: Volume:2012 Page:1-4
ISSN:2090-6625
Container-title:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

Author:

El-Herte Rima I.¹,Kanj Souha S.¹,Araj George F.²^ORCID,Chami Hassan³,Gharzuddine Walid⁴

Affiliation:

1. Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon

2. Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 11072020, Lebanon

3. Division of Pulmonary and Intensive Care medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 11072020, Lebanon

4. Division of Cardiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 11072020, Lebanon

Abstract

The spectrum of infections withNocardia spp. is heterogeneous. It has classically been associated with lung, brain, or skin involvement. We describe an unusual presentation ofNocardia asiatica (N. asiatica)in an Iraqi patient with myasthenia gravis suffering from a disseminated infection and presenting with an anterior mediastinal cystic mass.N. asiaticahas only been three times described outside Japan and Thailand, and the rarity of this entity deserves this communication.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/criid/2012/325767.pdf

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