Pulmonary nocardia transvalensis infection: a case report and review
Saudi Medical Journal. 1997; 18 (5): 516-518
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ABSTRACT
Infections due to Nocardia transvalensis are rare; only five cases of isolated primary pulmonary disease due to this species have been previously reported. Our patient is a 53-year-old diabetic who developed primary pulmonary N. transvalensis pneumonia and who was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and amikacin. A summary of the published cases with N. transvalensis infection is included. The report emphasizes the increasing importance of N. transvalensis as an etiologic agent of pulmonary disease in immunosuppressed patients
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonia
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Pneumopatias
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Nocardia
Tipo de estudo:
Relato de Casos
Limite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Saudi Med. J.
Ano de publicação:
1997
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