Disseminated Nocardiosis in a Breast Cancer Patient Caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum: A Case Report of Tertiary Centre in Saudi Arabia

Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic disease that primarily affects patients with deficient immune systems. is one of the rare species of Nocardia and it represents less than 3% of all Nocardia cases. Clinical presentation can be varied according to the affected organ. This study describes a case of...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 14; no. 2; p. e22686
Main Authors Kullab, Sharif, Basamad, Salem W, Alnwaisir, Mosaad, Alhowari, Mai, Nohuz, Erdogan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cureus Inc 28.02.2022
Cureus
Subjects
Abscesses
Biopsy
Brain cancer
Breast cancer
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cyclin-dependent kinases
Fever
Infections
Infectious Disease
Lymphatic system
Metastasis
Neutropenia
Oncology
Patients
Pneumonia
Skin
Saudi Arabia
cerebral nocardiosis
nocardia
nocardia otitidiscaviarum
disseminated nocardiosis
metastatic breast cancer
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Summary:Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic disease that primarily affects patients with deficient immune systems. is one of the rare species of Nocardia and it represents less than 3% of all Nocardia cases. Clinical presentation can be varied according to the affected organ. This study describes a case of a breast cancer patient who is immunocompromised due to the chemotherapy. This patient presented with a feature of febrile neutropenia. Investigations of this case led to the diagnosis of Treatment of this underlying infection required to hold the chemotherapy for good time and to adapt patient-specific cancer treatment according to the balance between both need of cancer control and infection treatment according to the susceptibility test as in our case.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.22686