Pulmonary Nocardia otitidiscaviarum Infection in a Patient with Chronic Respiratory Infection

Haruko TANIGUCHI; Hiroshi MUKAE; Jun-ichi ASHITANI; Toshihiko IHI; Akira SAKAMOTO; Shigeru KOHNO; Shigeru MATSUKURA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.37.872

Pulmonary Nocardia otitidiscaviarum Infection in a Patient with Chronic Respiratory Infection

Haruko TANIGUCHI, Hiroshi MUKAE, Jun-ichi ASHITANI, Toshihiko IHI, Akira SAKAMOTO, Shigeru KOHNO, Shigeru MATSUKURA

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Keywords: pulmonary nocardiosis, acute on chronic respiratory infection, drug susceptibility

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1998 Volume 37 Issue 10 Pages 872-876

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.37.872

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Abstract

We report a case of pulmonary Nocardia (N.) otitidiscaviarum infection in a 76-year-old man with chronic respiratory infection. The patient responded poorly to intravenous imipenem and oral minocycline, but later improved after treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Pulmonary infection with N. otitidiscaviarum should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic respiratory infections. Further studies are needed to evaluate the correlation between species and drug susceptibility.
(Internal Medicine 37: 872-876, 1998)

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