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Posttraumatic ankle arthritis due to a novel Nocardia species |
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Published in | Infection. 2010, vol. 38, no. 5, p. 407-412 | |
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Abstract | INTRODUCTION: Nocardial arthritis in immunocompetent patients is rare, and the optimum duration of antimicrobial therapy is unknown, although several months of antibiotic treatment is often recommended. CASE REPORT: We here report the first case of human infection with a novel Nocardia sp., summarise the epidemiology of nocardial arthritis and outline the feasibility of relatively short antibiotic treatments after careful surgical drainage. | |
Keywords | Adult — Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use — Arthritis/drug therapy/etiology/ microbiology — Humans — Male — Nocardia/genetics/ isolation & purification — Nocardia Infections/drug therapy/etiology/ microbiology — Wounds and Injuries/ complications | |
Identifiers | PMID: 20508966 | |
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Research groups | Analyse génomique et fonctionnelle du staphylocoque doré (604) Epidémiologie et contrôle de la résistance aux antibiotiques (866) | |
Citation (ISO format) | UCKAY, Ilker et al. Posttraumatic ankle arthritis due to a novel Nocardia species. In: Infection, 2010, vol. 38, n° 5, p. 407-412. doi: 10.1007/s15010-010-0027-y https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:20718 |