Challenges in treatment of disseminated nocardiosis in an elderly patient with renal failure on corticosteroids: a case report

We report the case of a 71-year-old Japanese man with a history of chronic kidney disease and sarcoidosis receiving chronic corticosteroids who presented with disseminated Nocardia brasiliensis infection. He initially showed improvement with empiric antimicrobial therapy including trimethoprim-sulfa...

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Autores principales:	Kazuya Nagasaki, Harumi Gomi, Haruhiko Ishioka, Shijima Taguchi, Norio Takayashiki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	Elsevier 2020-01-01
Colección:	IDCases
Materias:	disseminated nocardiosis Nocardia brasiliensis trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole linezolid
Acceso en línea:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920300639
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