First case of Nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patient
Nocardia are a group of aerobic actinomycetes that are filamentous gram-positive, weakly acid-fast, and cause opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Primary Nocardia infection mostly involves lung, skin and less commonly, the central nervous system (CNS). Among Nocardia CNS infection...
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doaj-8e90aa78b8a7495c92d14e607ae035c72020-11-25T02:31:39ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439116219619910.1590/S1413-86702012000200017S1413-86702012000200017First case of Nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patientSeung Bok Hong0Kyudong Han1Bo Ra Son2Kyeong Seob Shin3Byeong Cheol Rim4Juseong UniversityDankook UniversityChungbuk National UniversityChungbuk National UniversityChungbuk National UniversityNocardia are a group of aerobic actinomycetes that are filamentous gram-positive, weakly acid-fast, and cause opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Primary Nocardia infection mostly involves lung, skin and less commonly, the central nervous system (CNS). Among Nocardia CNS infections, spinal infection is extremely rare. We describe the first case of a spinal abscess caused by Nocardia nova in an immunocompetent patient who experienced a penetrating facial injury six months earlier. Nocardia species were isolated from intradural spinal abscesses and identified by 16S rRNA, hsp65 and secA1 sequence analyses. Surgical excision and treatment with amikacin, cefotaxime, and oral erythromycin was successful.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000200017&lng=en&tlng=enNocardiaAbscessSpineRNA, ribosomal, 16S |
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Seung Bok Hong Kyudong Han Bo Ra Son Kyeong Seob Shin Byeong Cheol Rim First case of Nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patient Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Nocardia Abscess Spine RNA, ribosomal, 16S |
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Seung Bok Hong Kyudong Han Bo Ra Son Kyeong Seob Shin Byeong Cheol Rim |
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First case of Nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patient |
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First case of Nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patient |
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First case of Nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patient |
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First case of Nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patient |
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First case of Nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patient |
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first case of nocardia nova spinal abscess in an immunocompetent patient |
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Nocardia are a group of aerobic actinomycetes that are filamentous gram-positive, weakly acid-fast, and cause opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Primary Nocardia infection mostly involves lung, skin and less commonly, the central nervous system (CNS). Among Nocardia CNS infections, spinal infection is extremely rare. We describe the first case of a spinal abscess caused by Nocardia nova in an immunocompetent patient who experienced a penetrating facial injury six months earlier. Nocardia species were isolated from intradural spinal abscesses and identified by 16S rRNA, hsp65 and secA1 sequence analyses. Surgical excision and treatment with amikacin, cefotaxime, and oral erythromycin was successful. |
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Nocardia Abscess Spine RNA, ribosomal, 16S |
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