Clinical analysis of 9 patients with Nocardia infection / 中国感染与化疗杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To review the clinical feature of Nocardia-positive patients and improve the awareness of Nocardia infection.Methods The clinical data were reviewed retrospectively for 11 patients from whom Nocardia was isolated during the period from May 2012 to December 2014 in the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University.Results Contamination was suspected in 2 of the 11 cases.Nocardia infection was considered in the remaining 9 cases,including pulmonary infection in 6 cases,skin and soft tissue infection in 2 cases,peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis in 1 case.Underlying diseases were documented in all the 9 patients,4 of which received corticosteroids or immunosuppressants for their underlying diseases.Conclusions Nocardia may cause infection in different body sites,especially lungs.The patients with underlying diseases,especially those receiving corticosteroids or immunosuppressants,are relatively more susceptible to Nocardia infections.