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Nocardia infection in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1989Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, volume 12, pages 517-519 (issn: 0732-8893,

Authors: Bruce Polsky; Edward E. Telzak; John Hii; Timothy E. Kiehn; Donald Armstrong;

doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(89)90086-2

pmid: 2696621

Nocardia infection in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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Abstract

A case of Nocardia asteroides pneumonia in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who was intolerant of sulfadiazine is described. On cefuroxime, the patient had a complete resolution of his Nocardia pneumonia. Disk-diffusion and broth microdilution antibiotic susceptibility testing (MIC less than or equal to 2 micrograms/ml) strongly supported the use of cefuroxime as treatment in this patient. Susceptibility testing with newer cephalosporins should be considered for all significant Nocardia isolates.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
United States

Keywords

Adult, Male, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Cefuroxime, Sputum, Nocardia Infections, Sulfadiazine, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Pneumonia, Opportunistic Infections, Cephalosporins, Nocardia asteroides, Humans

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