Nocardiosis | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Nocardiosis is a disease caused by bacteria found in soil. It can affect the lungs, brain, and skin. While the disease can be treated with commonly available antibiotics, it can be fatal in 4 out of 10 cases.

In the United States, about 500-1,000 new cases of nocardiosis occur every year. About 6 in 10 people who get nocardiosis have weakened immune systems.

The symptoms of nocardiosis can be different depending on which part of your body is affected.

Nocardiosis usually affects the lungs. If your lungs are infected, you can experience:

If you get a lung infection from nocardia, the infection can spread to your brain. If your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) is infected, you can experience:

You can get a skin infection when soil containing Nocardia bacteria gets into open ...