Critically Ill Patients with Visceral Nocardia Infection, France and Belgium, 2004-2023

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Feb;30(2):345-349. doi: 10.3201/eid3002.231440.

Abstract

We studied 50 patients with invasive nocardiosis treated during 2004-2023 in intensive care centers in France and Belgium. Most (65%) died in the intensive care unit or in the year after admission. Nocardia infections should be included in the differential diagnoses for patients in the intensive care setting.

Keywords: Belgium; France; Nocardia; bacteria; immunocompromised; intensive care.

MeSH terms

  • Belgium / epidemiology
  • Critical Care
  • Critical Illness*
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Nocardia Infections* / diagnosis
  • Nocardia Infections* / drug therapy
  • Nocardia Infections* / epidemiology