Cerebral nocardiosis with osteomyelitis of skull vault complicating a primary neck lesion in an immunocompetent patient: a case report

Nocardia infection is an uncommon and rare condition in immunocompetent patient. A case of cutaneous nocardiosis complicated with osteomyelitis of the vault scalp in a 64-year-old man, with no remarkable past medical history, is reported. Treatment with trimethoprime-sulfamethoxazole than doxycyclin...

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Autores principales: Marrakchi, Wafa, Aouam, Abir, Kooli, Ikbel, Brahim, Hajer Ben, Toumi, Adnene, Chakroun, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34367428
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.349.26635
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Sumario:Nocardia infection is an uncommon and rare condition in immunocompetent patient. A case of cutaneous nocardiosis complicated with osteomyelitis of the vault scalp in a 64-year-old man, with no remarkable past medical history, is reported. Treatment with trimethoprime-sulfamethoxazole than doxycycline for 12 months led to complete resolution and no evidence of recurrence was noted. Nocardia infection should be considered even in immunocomptent patients and doxycycline is a good alternative for treatment.

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