Nocardiosis in a teaching hospital in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey: treatment and outcome

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YILDIZ O., ALP E., TOKGOZ B., TUCER B., AYGEN B., SUMERKAN B., ...Daha Fazla

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION, cilt.11, sa.6, ss.495-499, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01145.x
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.495-499
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: antimicrobial susceptibility, cerebral infection, Nocardia spp., predisposing factors, pulmonary infection, Turkey, LUNG-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS, INFECTION
  • Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Predisposing factors, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, treatment and outcome were analysed for nine consecutive patients with nocardiosis. Predisposing factors were identified in six (67%) of the nine patients. Clinical syndromes of nocardial infection were pulmonary infection (three patients), cerebral infection (five patients) and disseminated infection (one patient). The predominant (60%) species was Nocardia farcinica rather than the Nocardia asteroides complex. Treatment was started empirically, modified according to the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, and then continued for 6-12 months. Overall mortality was 33%, with death being caused by the Nocardia infection in two cases.