Question

What patients are susceptible to Nocardia infection?

Accepted Answer

Patients on high-dose oral glucocorticoid therapy for persistent asthma raise suspicion for Nocardia asteroides↓Nocardia infections cause pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients (chronic glucocorticoid therapy)

Front	What patients are susceptible to *Nocardia* infection?
Back	Patients on high-dose oral glucocorticoid therapy for persistent asthma raise suspicion for Nocardia asteroides ↓ Nocardia infections cause pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients (chronic glucocorticoid therapy)

Patients Nocardia Glucocorticoid Infections Susceptible High Dose Oral Therapy