Pulmonary Nocardia infection in child with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: case report and literature review

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>BackgroundIdiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) encompasses a rare and agnogenic group of diffuse alveolar capillary hemorrhagic diseases. Corticosteroid treatment is the globally preferred therapeutic strategy for IPH. However, its long-term administration can cause immunodeficiency. <italic>Nocardia</italic> infection often occurs in immunocompromised patients and primarily involve...

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• Adrenal Cortex Hormones
• Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
• Autoimmunity
• Delayed Diagnosis
• Immunosuppressive Agents
• Lung
• Lung Diseases
• Radiography, Thoracic

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Literature Corpus work

0c82e3dd-75b3-5b2c-bee2-e69dcabf7db6

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-147884/v1