Pleuropulmonary and soft tissue Nocardia cyriacigeorgici infection in a patient with Behcet's disease

Infections with Nocardia species are generally seen in immunocompromised subjects. In this report we present a case of pleuropulmonary and skin Nocardia cyriacigeorgici infection in a male patient with Behcet's disease who used corticosteroids and immunosuppressive for long period of time. He died before the diagnosis of Nocardia infection was made. (author)