Pleuro-Pulmonary Nocardiosis as Opportunistic Infection in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C under Combination Treatment with Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin, and Boceprevir

Csilla Putz-Bankuti; Harald H. Kessler; Thomas Valentin; Eva Leitner; Emina Talakic; Helmut Schoellnast; Peter Fickert; Guenter J. Krejs; Rudolf E. Stauber

doi:10.1155/2013/529041

Case Reports in Hepatology (Jan 2013)

Pleuro-Pulmonary Nocardiosis as Opportunistic Infection in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C under Combination Treatment with Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin, and Boceprevir

Csilla Putz-Bankuti,
Harald H. Kessler,
Thomas Valentin,
Eva Leitner,
Emina Talakic,
Helmut Schoellnast,
Peter Fickert,
Guenter J. Krejs,
Rudolf E. Stauber

Affiliations

Csilla Putz-Bankuti: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Harald H. Kessler: Research Unit Molecular Diagnostics and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, IHMEM, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Thomas Valentin: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Eva Leitner: Section of Infectious Diseases, Bacteriology and Mycology Laboratory, IHMEM, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Emina Talakic: Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Helmut Schoellnast: Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Peter Fickert: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Guenter J. Krejs: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Rudolf E. Stauber: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/529041
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

Abstract

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Nocardiosis is an infrequent but serious pulmonary infection caused by Gram-positive aerobic actinomycetes. In this paper, we report on a 48-year-old patient with pleuropulmonary nocardiosis and cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus infection treated with triple antiviral treatment complicated by prolonged neutropenia.

Published in Case Reports in Hepatology

ISSN: 2090-6587 (Print); 2090-6595 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/8571

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