Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess
We describe a rare case of anterior paramediastnial abscess due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in an immunocompetent patient without pre-existing lung disease. High suspicious should be taken in those patients that failed to improve after first course of antibiotic therapy. Similarly, when suspected, i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx061 |
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author | Rivera, Kelvin Maldonado, Jeffrey Dones, Aixa Betancourt, María Fernández, Ricardo Colón, Miguel |
author_facet | Rivera, Kelvin Maldonado, Jeffrey Dones, Aixa Betancourt, María Fernández, Ricardo Colón, Miguel |
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description | We describe a rare case of anterior paramediastnial abscess due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in an immunocompetent patient without pre-existing lung disease. High suspicious should be taken in those patients that failed to improve after first course of antibiotic therapy. Similarly, when suspected, isolation is crucial because of the variation in antibiotic susceptibilities among Nocardia spp. in order to provide adequate therapy to reduce associated comorbidities and mortality rate. |
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spelling | pubmed-57264592017-12-18 Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess Rivera, Kelvin Maldonado, Jeffrey Dones, Aixa Betancourt, María Fernández, Ricardo Colón, Miguel Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report We describe a rare case of anterior paramediastnial abscess due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in an immunocompetent patient without pre-existing lung disease. High suspicious should be taken in those patients that failed to improve after first course of antibiotic therapy. Similarly, when suspected, isolation is crucial because of the variation in antibiotic susceptibilities among Nocardia spp. in order to provide adequate therapy to reduce associated comorbidities and mortality rate. Oxford University Press 2017-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5726459/ /pubmed/29255613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx061 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report Rivera, Kelvin Maldonado, Jeffrey Dones, Aixa Betancourt, María Fernández, Ricardo Colón, Miguel Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess |
title |
Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess |
title_full |
Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess |
title_fullStr |
Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess |
title_full_unstemmed |
Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess |
title_short |
Nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess |
title_sort | nocardia cyriacigeorgica threatening an immunocompetent host; a rare case of paramediastinal abscess |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx061 |
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