Thoracic actynomicetoma due to Nocardia sp. Report of three cases

Ma  Eugenia Ríos Ávila; Ma  Esther Gutiérrez Díaz Ceballos; Erick Gómez Apo; Juan Olvera Rabiela; Humberto Cruz Ortiz

2007, Number 3

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Rev Med Hosp Gen Mex 2007; 70 (3)

**Thoracic actynomicetoma due to Nocardia sp. Report of three cases**

Ríos ÁME, Gutiérrez DCME, Gómez AE, Olvera RJ, Cruz OH

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Three cases of thoracic mycetoma, two of them fatal after a long evolution of 6 to 8 years, with infiltration of vertebrae, meninges and spinal cord. In two patients there was involvement of the upper lobes of both lungs with empyema. One developed mediastinitis and hematogenous dissemination to liver and kidneys. In the third case no involvement of vertebrae or ribs was found.

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