Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient
Background. Nocardiosis is a rare disease that mainly affects severely immunocompromised patients. Symptoms are nonspecific and microbiological isolation is difficult, hiding the diagnosis. Treatment should be guided by species and susceptibility testing. Findings. We report a clinical case of a dis...
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| author | Ana C. Guerra Dário Batista Maria J. Aleixo Paulo Saraiva Maria J. Aguas |
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| description | Background. Nocardiosis is a rare disease that mainly affects severely immunocompromised patients. Symptoms are nonspecific and microbiological isolation is difficult, hiding the diagnosis. Treatment should be guided by species and susceptibility testing. Findings. We report a clinical case of a disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with HIV and HVB infections. Interpretation. Diagnosis should be presumed early and microbiological conditions should be optimized, in order to identify the species and achieve antibiotic susceptibility testing. This is a very important step to choose an effective therapeutic regimen or alternative options. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8c713b0dbdc04ca99dc9d75549db77c42025-02-03T05:50:47ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332015-01-01201510.1155/2015/260640260640Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected PatientAna C. Guerra0Dário Batista1Maria J. Aleixo2Paulo Saraiva3Maria J. Aguas4Infectious Diseases Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Avenida Torrado da Silva, 2801-951 Almada, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Avenida Torrado da Silva, 2801-951 Almada, PortugalInfectious Diseases Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Avenida Torrado da Silva, 2801-951 Almada, PortugalNeuroradiology Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Avenida Torrado da Silva, 2801-951 Almada, PortugalInfectious Diseases Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Avenida Torrado da Silva, 2801-951 Almada, PortugalBackground. Nocardiosis is a rare disease that mainly affects severely immunocompromised patients. Symptoms are nonspecific and microbiological isolation is difficult, hiding the diagnosis. Treatment should be guided by species and susceptibility testing. Findings. We report a clinical case of a disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with HIV and HVB infections. Interpretation. Diagnosis should be presumed early and microbiological conditions should be optimized, in order to identify the species and achieve antibiotic susceptibility testing. This is a very important step to choose an effective therapeutic regimen or alternative options.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/260640 |
| spellingShingle | Ana C. Guerra Dário Batista Maria J. Aleixo Paulo Saraiva Maria J. Aguas Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient |
| title_full | Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient |
| title_fullStr | Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient |
| title_short | Disseminated Nocardiosis: A Successful Blind Strategy of Treatment in an HIV Infected Patient |
| title_sort | disseminated nocardiosis a successful blind strategy of treatment in an hiv infected patient |
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