Successful Intra-peritoneal Antibiotic Therapy for Primary Abdominal Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Young Female Masquerading as Carcinoma Ovary

Successful Intra-peritoneal Antibiotic Therapy for Primary Abdominal Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Young Female Masquerading as Carcinoma Ovary

Nocardiosis is a common opportunistic infection in the immunocompromised and in patients with chronic debilitating diseases,e.g continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. Primary abdominal nocardiosis is rare and is indeed a very rare infection in immunocompetent persons. Only two ca...

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Main Authors: Ravi N Patil, UD Bafna, Pallavi VR, PS Rathod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2012-01-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Subjects:
Nocardiosis
CAPD patients
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX)
Amikacin
Intraperitoneal.
Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue40/2011-4-11.htm

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