A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum With Pulmonary Infection and a Thyroid Abscess
Seigo Miyoshi, Miyuki Tanabe, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Mayuko Semba, Chika Sato, Akira Watanabe, Sohei Kitazawa, Ryoji Ito · 2026
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A lung infection that mimicked cancer killed a man within ten days, Seigo Miyoshi and colleagues report in a 2026 case of spread-out nocardiosis. The sixty-four-year-old arrived with appetite loss and breathlessness; scans showed a five-centimeter lung mass plus diffuse nodules, and cancer with pneumonia was suspected. Blood and sputum cultures grew Nocardia on day three, prompting targeted drugs, but his breathing kept failing.
Autopsy found squamous cell carcinoma in the lung plus necrotizing pneumonia and matching sores in the thyroid, a rare site. The germ proved to be Nocardia otitidiscaviarum. The authors stress early suspicion and fast lab testing when such lung patterns appear.
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| CREATOR | Seigo Miyoshi, Miyuki Tanabe, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Mayuko Semba, Chika Sato, Akira Watanabe, Sohei Kitazawa, Ryoji Ito |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13873 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |