Abstract
Objective To investigate the clinical and radiological characteristics and laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary nocardiosis,to improve the recognization and decrease the misdiagnosis of this disease.Methods The clinical feature,radiological characteristics,laboratory diagnosis and treatment were reported in three cases of pulmonary nocardiosis with review of related literature.Results The disease was without specific clinical feature.A computer tomography scan of chest showed multiple cavitary nodules and lamellar high density shadow in both lungs,which was easily to misdiagnose.The most precise diagnosis could be provided by bacteriology examination.Conclusions Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rarely specific infection and the diagnosis is based on the bacteriology examination. Key words: Pneumonia; Nocardia; Diagnosis
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