Pulmonary nocardiosis in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient
Infection, cilt.30, sa.4, ss.243-245, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2002
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s15010-002-2102-5
- Dergi Adı: Infection
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.243-245
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Immunocompromised, Lymphoma, Nocardia asteroides, Pulmonary nocardiosis, Therapy
- Maltepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection especially in immunocompromised patients. Lungs are the most common infection sites and therapy poses some difficulties. We describe a case of pulmonary infection withNocardia asteroides in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient. Although the mortality from pulmonary nocardiosis is high in immunocompromised patients, our patient was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMZ) and amikacin. Maintenance therapy with TMP/SMZ was continued for 1 year. This case supports the importance of the long-term maintenance treatment after the initial combination therapy.