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Rev Clin Esp
; 192(2): 98-9, 1993 Feb.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8460251
2.
Rev Clin Esp
; 192(1): 49-50, 1993 Jan.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8465033
3.
Rev Clin Esp
; 191(5): 288-9, 1992 Oct.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1475455
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Rev Clin Esp
; 185(9): 454-8, 1989 Dec.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2623279
ABSTRACT
We have retrospectively analyzed 9 cases of nocardiosis that were studied in our hospital over the past 10 years. 66% of the patients had an associated disease and half of them were on steroid treatment. The clinical manifestations of the infection were pulmonary and cutaneous and in 44% of cases, it disseminated to the central nervous system. The diagnosis was made in all cases isolating the microorganism from pulmonary secretions, puss, spinal fluid and blood. Nocardia asteroides was isolated in 8 cases, and nocardia caviae in one case. There was a 55% mortality rate. The different clinical presentation and evolution are reviewed, as well as prognostic factors and antimicrobial treatment of nocardiosis.