O surgimento do vírus da síndrome respiratória aguda grave – coronavírus 2, responsável pela doença COVID-19, conduziu a um rápido desenvolvimento de métodos moleculares e serológicos para o seu diagnóstico. Apesar de o teste molecular de amostras do trato respiratório ser o teste de diagnóstico standard, verifica-se um interesse crescente pelo uso de exames serológicos, mas existe, ainda, evidência limitada sobre os mesmos. Os autores apresentam dois casos clínicos em que traduzem algumas das vantagens da utilização do teste serológico como complementar no diagnóstico da infeção pelo vírus da síndrome respiratória aguda grave – coronavírus 2, nomeadamente nos casos ativos de COVID-19, que apresentam teste molecular inicial negativo.
Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection caused by the bacteria Nocardia spp. It may present as a localized cutaneous infection or as an invasive infection (pulmonary, central nervous system or disseminated). The authors describe a 65-years-old woman, without a known cause of immunosuppression, admitted with fever, respiratory and constitutional symptoms. After an exhaustive etiological study, it was diagnosed a disseminated nocardiosis (pulmonary and central nervous system), in a probable context of immunosuppression secondary to a previously undiagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus. Nocardiosis is a serious infection with a variable and non-specific presentation making its diagnosis a challenge.
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