Pulmonary Nocardiosis Due to Nocardia exalbida Infection Following Living-donor Liver Transplantation

Maho Adachi-Katayama; Hideki Hashimoto; Shu Hagiwara; Marie Yamashita; Yuichiro Mihara; Aoi Kanematsu; Amato Otani; Yuji Wakimoto; Tatsunori Oyabu; Daisuke Jubishi; Koh Okamoto; Sohei Harada; Nobuhisa Akamatsu; Yasutaka Hoshino; Shu Okugawa; Kiyoshi Hasegawa; Kyoji Moriya

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.4085-24

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Pulmonary Nocardiosis Due to Nocardia exalbida Infection Following Living-donor Liver Transplantation

Maho Adachi-Katayama, Hideki Hashimoto, Shu Hagiwara, Marie Yamashita, Yuichiro Mihara, Aoi Kanematsu, Amato Otani, Yuji Wakimoto, Tatsunori Oyabu, Daisuke Jubishi, Koh Okamoto, Sohei Harada, Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Yasutaka Hoshino, Shu Okugawa, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Kyoji Moriya

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Maho Adachi-Katayama
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Hideki Hashimoto
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Shu Hagiwara
Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Marie Yamashita
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Yuichiro Mihara
Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Aoi Kanematsu
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Amato Otani
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Yuji Wakimoto
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Tatsunori Oyabu
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Daisuke Jubishi
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Koh Okamoto
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Sohei Harada
Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Nobuhisa Akamatsu
Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Yasutaka Hoshino
Department of Chemotherapy and Mycoses, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Shu Okugawa
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Kyoji Moriya
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan

Keywords: Nocardia, Pulmonary nocardiosis, Transplantation

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS Advance online publication

Article ID: 4085-24

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.4085-24

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 64 (2025), No. 6 pp. 965-969

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Abstract

Nocardia exalbida, an uncommon Nocardia, was first identified in 2006. We herein report a 70-year-old man with pulmonary nocardiosis caused by N. exalbida after living-donor liver transplantation. We also review 11 previously reported cases of N. exalbida infections. To our knowledge, there are no case reports available on nocardiosis consequent to N. exalbida infection following transplantation, thus highlighting the importance of identifying bacterial species for the successful management of infection.

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