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

Joint Authors

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

Source

Case Reports in Hepatology

Issue

Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2013-07-10

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

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.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Putz-Bankuti, Csilla& Kessler, Harald H.& Valentin, Thomas& Leitner, Eva& Talakic, Emina& Schoellnast, Helmut…[et al.]. 2013. Pleuro-Pulmonary Nocardiosis as Opportunistic Infection in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C under Combination Treatment with Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin, and Boceprevir. Case Reports in Hepatology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Putz-Bankuti, Csilla…[et al.]. Pleuro-Pulmonary Nocardiosis as Opportunistic Infection in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C under Combination Treatment with Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin, and Boceprevir. Case Reports in Hepatology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Putz-Bankuti, Csilla& Kessler, Harald H.& Valentin, Thomas& Leitner, Eva& Talakic, Emina& Schoellnast, Helmut…[et al.]. Pleuro-Pulmonary Nocardiosis as Opportunistic Infection in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C under Combination Treatment with Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin, and Boceprevir. Case Reports in Hepatology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
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Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-478957