Nocardiosis

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AN UNCOMMON PRESENTATION OF POTT’S PUFFY TUMOR: LATENT NOCARDIA OSTEOMYELITIS FROM PREVIOUS TRAUMA

Case Presentation: The patient is a 51 year old female with a past medical history of asthma, who presented with worsening, constant, right-sided frontal headaches for 1 month. Her headaches were associated with periorbital swelling [...]

By | 2019-03-11T14:36:07+00:00 March 11th, 2019|Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Hospital Medicine 2019|Comments Off on AN UNCOMMON PRESENTATION OF POTT’S PUFFY TUMOR: LATENT NOCARDIA OSTEOMYELITIS FROM PREVIOUS TRAUMA
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MASSES NOT AS THEY APPEAR: NOCARDIA MASQUERADING AS MALIGNANCY IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT INDIVIDUAL

Case Presentation: 61-year-old male with a known history of alcohol and tobacco abuse was admitted with 3 months history of headache, confusion, unsteady balance and unintentional weight loss. Laboratory tests included normal chemistry panel, complete [...]

By | 2018-03-22T15:50:13+00:00 March 19th, 2018|Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Finalist Poster, Finalist Posters, Hospital Medicine 2018|Comments Off on MASSES NOT AS THEY APPEAR: NOCARDIA MASQUERADING AS MALIGNANCY IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT INDIVIDUAL
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