TY - JOUR T1 - Pulmonary nocardiosis mimicking relapse of tuberculosis JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0233 VL - 2009 SP - bcr0620080233 AU - Sajal De AU - Prabha Desikan Y1 - 2009/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.06.2008.0233.abstract N2 - The present report concerns a case of pulmonary nocardiosis in an immunocompetent host. This patient was diagnosed as having smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis and received supervised antitubercular treatment for 6 months from a government run tuberculosis centre (Directly Observed Therapy, Short-Course (DOTS) centre). At 3 months after completion of treatment, she presented with fever and cough with posterior–anterior (PA) view chest x ray showing a cavitary lesion on left upper zone. She was subsequently diagnosed as having a case of pulmonary nocardiosis and responded to oral cotrimoxazole. ER -