Nocardia farcinica infection presenting as a solitary bronchial neoplasm in an immunocompetent adult: a case report

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Nocardia species are gram-positive, acid-fast, saprophytic, aerobic bacilli, predominantly resulting in opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals. Here, we reported a case of Nocardia infection in a 27-year-old woman with normal immunocompetence, who presented as a solitary neoplasm in the left principal bronchus with a chief complaint of postural dyspnea. By electrotomy via bronchoscopy, the neoplasm was successfully removed, and it was further identified as Nocardia farcinica by metagenomic next-generation sequencing.

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