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#idboardreview 60 M 6 months post heart transplant on atovaquone px presents w/ cough, dyspneax10d. CT b/l nodules w/ cavities, l leg mass aspirated. Dx? #meded #idmeded #IDTwitter 
Risk factors of #nocardia in #SOT
high calcineurin inhibitor trough levels in month before dx
use of tacrolimus
corticosteroid dose at time of dx
patient age
length of stay in ICU after SOT
academic.oup.com/cid/article/63…
high calcineurin inhibitor trough levels in month before dx
use of tacrolimus
corticosteroid dose at time of dx
patient age
length of stay in ICU after SOT
academic.oup.com/cid/article/63…
#IDBoardReview 40 M severe cutaneous SLE s/p multiple immunosuppressive drugs, belimumab, originally from 🇲🇽 presents with confusion, F 102F, HIV NR, CSF wbc 4k 98%PMN, 2%mono, gluc3, prot 230, images shown, diagnosis? #medEd #IdmedEd
pulmonary nodule, L frontal mass, L occipital mass, CSF branching gram+ bacilli
#Nocardia gram+ beaded weakly AFB+ branching rods. N asteroids commonest pathogenic group. Infection via direct inoculation thru skin or inhalation
