Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2024)

Critically Ill Patients with Visceral Nocardia Infection, France and Belgium, 2004–2023

  • Lucas Khellaf,
  • Virginie Lemiale,
  • Maxens Decavèle,
  • Marc Pineton de Chambrun,
  • Alexandra Beurton,
  • Toufik Kamel,
  • Anabelle Stoclin,
  • Djamel Mokart,
  • Fabrice Bruneel,
  • Clara Vigneron,
  • Achille Kouatchet,
  • Benoît Henry,
  • Jean-Pierre Quenot,
  • Grégoire Jolly,
  • Nahema Issa,
  • Matthieu Bellal,
  • Julien Poissy,
  • Claire Pichereau,
  • Julien Schmidt,
  • Nathalie Layios,
  • Maxime Gaillet,
  • Elie Azoulay,
  • Adrien Joseph

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3002.231440
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 2
pp. 345 – 349

Abstract

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We studied 50 patients with invasive nocardiosis treated during 2004–2023 in intensive care centers in France and Belgium. Most (65%) died in the intensive care unit or in the year after admission. Nocardia infections should be included in the differential diagnoses for patients in the intensive care setting.

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