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

YILDIZ, ORHAN; ALP, E; TOKGOZ, BÜLENT; TUCER, Bülent; AYGEN, BİLGEHAN; SUMERKAN, B; Couble, A.; BOIRON, P; Doganay, MEHMET

doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01145.x

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)

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
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

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.