Nocardiosis, a suppurative disease caused by aerobic actino-mycetes is an opportunistic infection with unfavorable prognosis in renal transplant recipients and high mortality. The disease manifests as cutaneous, subcutaneous, pulmonary and systemic infection. We present a case of disseminated nocardiosis in a deceased donor renal transplant recipient who presented with pulmonary and cerebral manifestations at 3 month post-transplant period and responded to treatment with co-trimoxazole and meropenem.
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