Disseminated nocardia brasiliensis infection with septic arthritis Journal Article

  


Authors: Koll, B. S.; Brown, A. E.; Kiehn, T. E.; Armstrong, D.
Article Title: Disseminated nocardia brasiliensis infection with septic arthritis
Abstract: An unusual case of disseminated Nocardia brasiliensis infection is presented. The patient, who had been receiving chronic dexamethasone therapy for 4 years, had pneumonia and septic arthritis of the left knee due to N. brasiliensis. To our knowledge, this is the first report from the United States of a synovial joint infection with this organism. Disseminated disease due to N. brasiliensis is infrequently reported; it is most often seen in the immunocompromised patient and is often unresponsive to therapy. © 1992 Oxford University Press.
Keywords: adult; antibiotic therapy; case report; nonhuman; antibiotic resistance; lung; immune deficiency; microbiology; cotrimoxazole; antibiotic sensitivity; intravenous drug administration; steroid therapy; bacterial pneumonia; sulfamethoxazole; trimethoprim; knee joint; human; male; priority journal; article; nocardia; arthritis, infectious; bacterial arthritis; nocardia infections
Journal Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1058-4838
Publisher: Oxford University Press  
Date Published: 1992-09-01
Start Page: 469
End Page: 472
Language: English
DOI: 10.1093/clind/15.3.469
PUBMED: 1520795
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 30 July 2019 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Timothy E Kiehn
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