Disseminated nocardiosis caused by Nocardia elegans: a case report and review of the literature
Disseminated nocardiosis caused by Nocardia elegans: a case report and review of the literature
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DOI：
10.1007/s15010-018-1144-2
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发表时间：
2018
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Xichuan Yang
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作者：
Yi You;Wenchief Chen;Baiyu Zhong;Ziqiang Song;Xichuan Yang
Background Disseminated nocardiosis is a rare disease mostly occurring in immunocompromised patients..Methods We report a case of disseminated nocardiosis in a diabetic patient with both pulmonary and cutaneous involvement..Nocardia elegans was isolated and identifed using the 16s ribosomal RNA gene sequence data..Results Clinical improvement was observed within 3 months after initiation of antimicrobial treatment with oral doxycycline,.trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and intravenous penicillin, but the patient died 5 months later after arbitrary discontinuation.of the treatment..Conclusions This is the frst case report of disseminated nocardiosis caused by Nocardia elegans in China
