Pulmonary nocardiosis in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient.
Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection especially in immunocompromised patients. Lungs are the most common infection sites and therapy poses some difficulties. We describe a case of pulmonary infection with Nocardia asteroides in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient. Although the mortality from pulmo...
| Publicado en: | Infection Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 243 - 246 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | case study diagnostic images Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Aug2002
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection especially in immunocompromised patients. Lungs are the most common infection sites and therapy poses some difficulties. We describe a case of pulmonary infection with Nocardia asteroides in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient. Although the mortality from pulmonary nocardiosis is high in immunocompromised patients, our patient was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMZ) and amikacin. Maintenance therapy with TMP/SMZ was continued for 1 year. This case supports the importance of the long-term maintenance treatment after the initial combination therapy. |
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