The great imitator: systemic nocardiosis mimicking Richter's transformation in relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia

J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec 10;28(35):e732-4. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.29.9792. Epub 2010 Sep 7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipidemias / complications
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / pathology*
  • Lymphoma / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
  • Nocardia Infections / drug therapy
  • Nocardia Infections / pathology
  • Nocardia Infections / physiopathology
  • Seizures / complications
  • Smoking / adverse effects
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Ceftriaxone
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination