Mixed pulmonary infection with Nocardia, Candida, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and group D Streptococcus species.
A 67-year-old man on prednisolone and azathioprine for ulcerative colitis, developed severe pneumonia due to Nocardia otitidis caviarum, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a group D Streptococcus and Candida albicans. The patient responded well to aggressive antimicrobial therapy.
Vassallo
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St Lukes Hospital, Malta.
Galizia
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Cuschieri
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D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003022:Clotrimazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005672:Fusidic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D005672:Fusidic Acid; D014640:Vancomycin; D015378:Imipenem; D015725:Fluconazole; D003022:Clotrimazole