Treatment of cardiac nocardiosis in a post-renal transplant patient of systemic nocardiosis
2019 ◽
Vol 11
(2)
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pp. 161-163
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Keyword(s):
The Body
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In general, nocardia infects immunosuppressed patients, however, sometimes it can also infect immunocompetent individuals. Nocardia infection can disseminate to any organ system of the body but the pulmonary system is the most commonly involved system. In some rare cases, the heart can also be involved and the resulting cardiac mycetoma can be treated successfully with antimicrobials without the need of surgery, unlike fungal cardiac mycetomas wherein surgery may be required in addition to antimicrobial therapy. We present an interesting case of post-renal transplant cardiac nocardiosis, which was treated successfully with a course of antibiotics.
2009 ◽
Vol 13
(4)
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pp. 209-214
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2020 ◽
Vol 5
(3)
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pp. S376
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1977 ◽
Vol 113
(11)
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pp. 1569-1571
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1999 ◽
Vol 41
(5)
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pp. 830-832
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1995 ◽
Vol 153
(4)
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pp. 1211-1213
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1999 ◽
Vol 5
(1)
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pp. 67-69
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2002 ◽
Vol 34
(3)
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pp. 805-806
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