Nocardiosis in a teaching hospital in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey: Treatment and outcome
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, cilt.11, sa.6, ss.495-499, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- 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
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Antimicrobial susceptibility, Cerebral infection, Nocardia spp., Predisposing factors, Pulmonary infection, Turkey
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt 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. © 2005 Copyright by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.