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KMID : 0387919950060020169
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Korean Journal of Cytopathology
1995 Volume.6 No. 2 p.169 ~ p.173
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration
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Nocardia. aerobic members of the order of Actinomycetaceae. produces infections in human lung. Nocardial infection is associated with underlying diseases of immunosuppression or treatment with corticosteroid It is difficult to detect
Nocardia
by sputum examination or histologic sections an it has rarely been diagnosed by fine needle aspiration of the lung.
We describe a case of pulmonary nocardiosis in a 72 year-old man. diagnosed by fine needle aspiration, which was confirmed by culture of aspirates. The aspirates showed neutrophil-predominant inflammatory cells with
microoganisms
demonstrated by Gomori methenamine silver and Gram stain. The organisms had characteristic long branching filamentous strucutres. The lesions on chest x-ray were in resolution with antimicrobial therapy.
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