[Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with diffuse panbronchiolitis].

A 53-year-old woman under treatment for diffuse panbronchiolitis, complained of fever and bloody sputum, Chest radiograph showed infiltrative shadows in both lung fields. Nocardia farcinica was cultured from BALF and pulmonary nocardiosis was diagnosed. She was successfully treated with sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, LVFX. Improvement was clearly demonstrated on chest radiograph. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with diffuse panbronchiolitis.