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Imipenem-resistant Nocardia cyriacigeorgica infection in a child with chronic granulomatous disease

Published inJournal of clinical microbiology, vol. 49, no. 3, p. 1185-1187
Publication date2011
Abstract

Nocardia spp. can lead to local or disseminated infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. Combination therapy of amikacin and imipenem is commonly used to treat severe nocardial infections. We describe a patient with imipenem-resistant Nocardia cyriacigeorgica, which, to our knowledge, has not been previously reported among isolates of this species.

Keywords
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
  • Child
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic/complications
  • Humans
  • Imipenem/pharmacology
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Nocardia/drug effects/isolation & purification
  • Nocardia Infections/diagnosis/microbiology
Citation (ISO format)
HAGERMAN, Andrés et al. Imipenem-resistant Nocardia cyriacigeorgica infection in a child with chronic granulomatous disease. In: Journal of clinical microbiology, 2011, vol. 49, n° 3, p. 1185–1187. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02073-10
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