Disseminated nocardiosis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
Nocardia infarction is rare in bone marrow transplant recipients; only 10 cases have been reported. We describe a case of disseminated nocardiosis after allogeneic BMT with positive blood cultures and multiple cerebral and hepatosplenic abscesses.
Elliott
M A
MA
Division of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Tefferi
A
A
Marshall
W F
WF
Lacy
M Q
MQ
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002642:Chick Embryo; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D009616:Nocardia asteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous