Disseminated Nocardia ignorata Infection with Splenic and Brain Involvement in Patient with Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Sherif Elbaz; Mahmoud Ismail; Seth Glassman; Asmaa Badr; Eric John Dove

doi:10.3201/eid3201.251546

Disseminated Nocardia ignorata Infection with Splenic and Brain Involvement in Patient with Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Sherif Elbaz
, Mahmoud Ismail
, Seth Glassman
, Asmaa Badr
, Eric John Dove

Medicine

SUNY Buffalo
Ohio State University

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Abstract

A 79-year-old man in the United States with large B-cell lymphoma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had disseminated Nocardia ignorata infection involving the brain and spleen. Despite antimicrobial therapy, he died from complications. This rare manifestation highlights the need to consider Nocardia in immunocompromised patients with central nervous system and abdominal lesions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126-128
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3201.251546
State	Published - Jan 2026

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