Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.41.3.5
A Case of Pulmonary Co-Infection by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Nocardia spp. in a Lung Transplant Recipient
Dina Rnjak
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; Clinic for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Feđa Džubur
; Clinic for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Knežević
; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Pavliša
; Clinic for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Hećimović
; Clinic for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Glodić
; Clinic for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Mateja Janković Makek
; Clinic for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Miroslav Samaržija
; Clinic for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Lung transplantation is a therapeutic option for the treatment of advanced lung disease. The risk of pulmonary infections is increased in lung transplant recipients. We report a case of a pulmonary coinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nocardia species in a lung transplant recipient.
Keywords
tuberculosis; nocardiosis; co-infection; lung; transplantation
Hrčak ID:
275272
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Publication date:
22.3.2022.
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