[Potential nosocomial disseminated infection due to Nocardia asteroides after a prosthesis insertion in an immunocompetent patient].
Nocardia infections are rare and usually occurred in immunocompromised patients with systemic dissemination from a lung infection. We report a case of an immunocompetent patient in whom Nocardia asteroides had cause psoas and cerebral abcess without pulmonary infection, a short period after a hip prosthesis insertion. The clinical history is highly suggestive of a hospital-acquired infection.
Mrozek
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Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hôtel-Dieu, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Hamizi
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Gourdon
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Laurichesse
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H
Beytout
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J
Lesens
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O
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009616:Nocardia asteroides; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents