Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh
| Autor: | Taskina Akhter, Samira Afroz, Tamanna Sultana, Tasmiah Selim, Asif Mujtaba Mahmud, Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor, Sadia Taskeen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Imipenem medicine.medical_specialty diagnosis Surgical Wound Nocardia Infections Microbial Sensitivity Tests Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Nocardia chemistry.chemical_compound Levofloxacin polycyclic compounds medicine Humans Amikacin Bangladesh drug resistance integumentary system biology business.industry Sulfamethoxazole Surgical wound General Medicine biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification prolonged sufferings Trimethoprim Dermatology Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious Diseases chemistry Linezolid bacteria business Non-healing surgical wounds medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 110, Iss, Pp 272-278 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1201-9712 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.07.028 |
| Popis: | Objective Nocardia can be introduced accidentally causing non-healing surgical wounds. Method From February 2017 to January 2021 samples from wounds were collected. Nocardia identification and susceptibility testing were carried out by standard procedure. Results Seventeen (35.4 %) Nocardia spp. and 20 other pathogens (41.7%) were recovered by culture. Drug susceptibility among Nocardia was >70% to amikacin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, levofloxacin, linezolid, and imipenem, 47% to cephalosporins and 41% to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Conclusions Infections with Nocardia spp. should be considered in non-healing surgical wounds. |
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