Pleuropneumonia caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in a 14‐year‐old girl with primary ciliary dyskinesia

Pediatric PulmonologyEarly View CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE Pleuropneumonia caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in a 14-year-old girl with primary ciliary dyskinesia Ruth M. Urbantat MD, Ruth M. Urbantat MD orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-6001 Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany Contribution: Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Conceptualization, ​Investigation, Methodology, VisualizationSearch for more papers by this authorCharlotte O. Pioch, Charlotte O. Pioch Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany Contribution: Writing - review & editing, ​InvestigationSearch for more papers by this authorNiklas Ziegahn, Niklas Ziegahn Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany Contribution: ​Investigation, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorMiriam S. Stegemann MD, Miriam S. Stegemann MD orcid.org/0000-0002-7968-0429 Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing, Supervision, ​Investigation, MethodologySearch for more papers by this authorMirjam Stahl MD, Mirjam Stahl MD orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-8315 Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany Contribution: Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing - review & editing, ResourcesSearch for more papers by this authorMarcus A. Mall MD, Marcus A. Mall MD orcid.org/0000-0002-4057-2199 Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany Contribution: Funding acquisition, Writing - review & editing, SupervisionSearch for more papers by this authorJobst F. Roehmel MD, Corresponding Author Jobst F. Roehmel MD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-1535-8852 Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany Correspondence Jobst F. Roehmel, MD, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. Email: [email protected] Contribution: Conceptualization, ​Investigation, Writing - review & editing, Methodology, Supervision, Resources, Project administrationSearch for more papers by this author Ruth M. Urbantat MD, Ruth M. Urbantat MD orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-6001 Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany Contribution: Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Conceptualization, ​Investigation, Methodology, VisualizationSearch for more papers by this authorCharlotte O. Pioch, Charlotte O. Pioch Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany Contribution: Writing - review & editing, ​InvestigationSearch for more papers by this authorNiklas Ziegahn, Niklas Ziegahn Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany Contribution: ​Investigation, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorMiriam S. Stegemann MD, Miriam S. Stegemann MD orcid.org/0000-0002-7968-0429 Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing, Supervision, ​Investigation, MethodologySearch for more papers by this authorMirjam Stahl MD, Mirjam Stahl MD orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-8315 Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany Contribution: Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing - review & editing, ResourcesSearch for more papers by this authorMarcus A. Mall MD, Marcus A. Mall MD orcid.org/0000-0002-4057-2199 Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany Contribution: Funding acquisition, Writing - review & editing, SupervisionSearch for more papers by this authorJobst F. Roehmel MD, Corresponding Author Jobst F. Roehmel MD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-1535-8852 Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Germany, Berlin, Germany German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Berlin, Germany Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany Correspondence Jobst F. Roehmel, MD, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. Email: [email protected] Contribution: Conceptualization, ​Investigation, Writing - review & editing, Methodology, Supervision, Resources, Project administrationSearch for more papers by this author First published: 09 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.26536Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. REFERENCES 1Ninan MM, Venkatesan M, Balaji V, Rupali P, Michael JS. Pulmonary nocardiosis: risk factors and species distribution from a high burden centre. 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