Pulmonary nocardiosis

Description

A disease of the respiratory system, caused by an infection with the gram-positive bacteria Nocardia. This disease is characterised by chest pain, haemoptysis, fever, weight loss, and cough. Transmission is by inhalation of Nocardia from soil or water. Confirmation is by identification of Nocardia in sputum samples, or lung biopsy.

Index terms

Pulmonary nocardiosis
Pneumonia in nocardiosis
lung nocardiosis

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nocardial pneumonia
nocardiosis of lung
nocardiosis pneumonia
pneumonia due to nocardiosis
pneumonia with nocardiasis

Exclusions from above levels

NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

1C1B.1 – Cutaneous nocardiosis
1C1B.Y – Other specified forms of nocardiosis
1C1B.Z – Nocardiosis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Pulmonary nocardiosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/101604109

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 1C1B: Nocardiosis › 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases