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A Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in the Patient with Cushing's Disease  

Lee, So-Young (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
Oh, Yeon Mok (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
Lim, Chae-Man (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
Lee, Sang Do (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
Koh, Younsuck (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
Kim, Woo Sung (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
Kim, Dong Soon (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
Kim, Won Dong (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
Shim, Tae Sun (Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.57, no.1, 2004 , pp. 61-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
Even though nocardiosis is one of opportunistic infections, and can occur in Cushing's syndrome, it rarely occurs in patients with Cushing's disease. Herein, a case with Cushing's disease in whom nocardiosis had manifested as a pulmonary lesion, which after percutaneous needle aspiration, empyema and a breast abscess were also noted.
Keywords
Cushing's disease; Nocardia; Opportunistic infection; Percutaneous needle aspiration (PCNA);
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