Nocardia asteroides abscess after heart transplantation.
We describe a patient who developed a primary, thigh adductor-muscle abscess caused by Nocardia asteroides 3 years after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Nocardia was diagnosed by microbiologic culture and responded fully to a prolonged course of cotrimoxazole. The patient remains free of local or systemic disease at 2 years follow-up.
Stamenkovic
S A
SA
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Madden
B P
BP
D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D009616:Nocardia asteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013848:Thigh / Q000382:microbiology; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006113:United Kingdom
D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination