Genre
- Journal Article
Disseminated nocardiosis has never been described before in a patient with Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia. We report an unusual case of disseminated nocardiosis in a 64-year-old man with Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia who presented with pulmonary non-caseating granulomas, psoas abscess, diskitis and osteomyelitis [USA; date not given]. The patient was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for one year..
Division of Infectious Disease, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave. CM 8051, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Munich, Germany: Urban & Vogel GmbH.
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Language
- English
Subjects
- Homo
- West North Central States of USA
- North Central States of USA
- Drug therapy
- Prion Viral Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans
- blood disorders
- co trimoxazole
- Hominidae
- Nocardia
- Missouri
- Man
- animals
- antibacterial agents
- Nocardia asteroides
- spinal diseases
- diskitis
- clinical aspects
- sulfamethoxazole
- bacteria
- Pesticides and Drugs Control
- Nocardiaceae
- case reports
- disseminated infections
- human diseases
- North America
- America
- lungs
- Chordata
- abscesses
- Non communicable Human Diseases and Injuries
- Firmicutes
- trimethoprim
- OECD Countries
- Actinomycetales
- nocardiosis
- Developed Countries
- mammals
- Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia
- osteomyelitis
- granuloma
- Corn Belt States of USA
- Primates
- psoas abscess
- vertebrates
- USA
- prokaryotes