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Nocardia liver abscess post liver transplantation—A rare presentation
Author(s) -
Hanchanale Pavan,
Jain Mayank,
Varghese Joy,
V Jayanthi,
Rela Mohamed
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12670
Subject(s) - medicine , nocardiosis , nocardia , liver transplantation , liver abscess , presentation (obstetrics) , antibiotics , abscess , rare disease , nocardia infections , transplantation , pathology , disease , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics
Nocardiosis is usually a disseminated disease seen in immunocompromised individuals. We herein present a rare case of isolated Nocardia liver abscess post liver transplantation. The patient responded well to treatment and is on long‐term antibiotics for Nocardia infection.