Disseminated Nocardia farcinica infection presenting as a paravertebral abscess in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Autor: Yeliz Özen, Basak Dokuzoguz, Ipek Mumcuoglu, Aysel Kocagül Çelikbas, Zeynep Ceren Karahan, Bahadir Orkun Özbay
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, Vol 62, Iss 2, Pp 329-331 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0377-4929
DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_178_17
Popis: Disseminated Nocardia infections occur particularly in immunosuppressed hosts and are most often due to Nocardia farcinica, Nocardia nova, and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica. Here, we report an unusual case of disseminated N. farcinica infection presenting as a paravertebral abscess in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
Nepřihlášeným uživatelům se plný text nezobrazuje