Medical Principles and Practice· 2020Q2· Review
Nocardiosis: A Neglected Disease
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- 2020year
Short summary
Nocardiosis, a neglected tropical disease, often presents with varied clinical symptoms and can be easily missed, leading to increased morbidity and mortality.
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Key points
- Nocardiosis is a neglected tropical disease with varied geographical distribution and clinical presentations.
- The chronic and progressive nature of nocardiosis can lead to missed diagnoses.
- Increased morbidity and mortality are associated with delayed or missed diagnosis.
- Knowledge of local epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, and antibiotic susceptibility is crucial.
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Abstract
Nocardiosis is a neglected tropical disease. It has varied geographical presence and a spectrum of clinical presentations. This review aims to focus on the epidemiology of nocardial infections with a systematic approach to their diagnosis and treatment. Nocardiacauses chronic infections and ailments, and may remain cryptic but progressive in its course. Unless suspected, diagnosis can be easily missed resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Thorough knowledge of local epidemiology, demography, clinical course and presentation, diagnostic modalities, and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the prevalent Nocardia species is essential to curb spread of this infection. This is a systematic review in which internet search has been done for citation indices (Embase, PubMed, Ovid, and other individual journals) till March 2020 utilizing the following key words "Nocardia," "taxonomy," "prevalence," "clinical features," "diagnosis," "treatment," and "susceptibility." We selected a total of 87 review articles, case series, and case reports all in English language.
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Field: Microbiology
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