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NOCARDIOSIS: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT, WITH A REPORT OF THREE CASES
Author(s) -
Adams A. R.,
Jackson J. M.,
Scopa J.,
Lane G. K.,
Wilson Roma
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87784.x
Subject(s) - nocardiosis , nocardia , medicine , cephaloridine , trimethoprim , nocardia infections , dermatology , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , cephalosporin , biology , bacteria , genetics
The general problem of Infection with Nocardia is reviewed, and three cases of Nocardia asteroides infection, two systemic and one pulmonary, are presented and discussed. Two were In previously healthy adults. and the third in a patient with advanced Hodgkin's disease. Difficulties in diagnosis, both clinical and microbiological, are emphasized. Two relatively new chemotherapeutic agents were used. In one case cephaloridine effected cure, and in another the infection was temporarily controlled by a combination of trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole (“Septrin”, “Bactrim”).