hyperinflammation and cytokine storm syndrome in COVID-19 patients. In fact, a recent meta-analysis confirmed that systemic corticosteroids were associated with lower 28-day all-cause mortality compared with usual care or placebo in COVID-19 patients who received oxygen or invasive mechanical ventilation [4].Other conditions that have been associated with nocardiosis include diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, chronic granulomatous disease, alveolar proteinosis, structural lung disease, tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitor (e.g., infliximab) therapy, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and tuberculosis.