Doctors report first pulmonary nocardiosis case in patient whose only risk was ICS use
The 58-year-old had controlled moderate allergic asthma since childhood
Pulmonary nocardiosis typically affects immunocompromised patients, but French doctors have reported the first case of the bacterial infection in a man whose only risk factor was inhaled corticosteroid use.
Their 58-year-old patient, who had controlled moderate allergic asthma since childhood, had mostly managed to avoid inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment.
