Cervicofacial nocardiosis in an immunocompetent child.
Nocardiosis occurs primarily as an opportunistic infection in an immunocompromised host. The infection may on rare occasion occur in a normal host confounding the diagnosis. It is also notably an uncommon infection in children. We report a 1-y-old girl with cervicofacial nocardial infection who presented with acute suppurative otitis media and lymphadenitis. This child did not have any predisposing risk factors for this infection and responded well to treatment with co-trimoxazole and chloramphenicol. She is doing well on follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
Nocardiosis in an immunocompetent small child is reported.
Kumar
T Sathish
TS
Department of Child Health Unit II, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Scott
Julius Xavier
JX
Viswanathan
Sugumaran
S
Agarwal
Indira
I
Raj
Promila Mohan
PM
Lalitha
Mukkai Kesavan
MK
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007223:Infant; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D009333:Neck; D009615:Nocardia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination