Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDS
A case of disseminated infection due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is described in a Caucasian man infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. The patient presented with no previous AIDS-defining conditions, a CD4 lymphocyte count of 206 cells/mm3 and enlarging intra-abdominal and chest wall absc...
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| description | A case of disseminated infection due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is described in a Caucasian man infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. The patient presented with no previous AIDS-defining conditions, a CD4 lymphocyte count of 206 cells/mm3 and enlarging intra-abdominal and chest wall abscesses with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. Aggressive surgical debridement and antimicrobial therapy with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and amikacin resulted in clinical cure. Long term suppressive therapy was needed to prevent relapse. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-49141ef7d9634a1b9d67c6d50c274a382025-02-03T07:26:07ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321997-01-018634735010.1155/1997/305246Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDSRoger M Sandre0Richard C Summerbell1Haven (HIV) Clinic, Laurentian Hospital, Sudbury, Ontario, CanadaOntario Ministry of Health, Laboratory Services Branch, Etobicoke, Ontario, CanadaA case of disseminated infection due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is described in a Caucasian man infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. The patient presented with no previous AIDS-defining conditions, a CD4 lymphocyte count of 206 cells/mm3 and enlarging intra-abdominal and chest wall abscesses with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. Aggressive surgical debridement and antimicrobial therapy with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and amikacin resulted in clinical cure. Long term suppressive therapy was needed to prevent relapse.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1997/305246 |
| spellingShingle | Roger M Sandre Richard C Summerbell Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDS Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDS |
| title_full | Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDS |
| title_fullStr | Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDS |
| title_short | Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDS |
| title_sort | disseminated nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with aids |
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