title: [Nocardiosis: 4 cases in Senegal].
abstract: The purpose of this report is to describe four cases of nocardiosis observed over an eight-year period in medical units of Principal Hospital in Dakar, Senegal. It is a rare infection occurring mainly in people with weakened immune systems. Pulmonary forms are predominate and clinical and laboratory presentation can mimic pulmonary tuberculosis. Diagnosis should be suspected in patients presenting pulmonary infections and negative sputum bacilloscopy. Nocardia bacteria should be identified before starting antibiotic treatment. Patients require long-term antibiotic treatment with third generation cephalosporins or sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pathologies Infectieuses et Pneumologie Hôpital Principal, Dakar.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ba-Fall
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Mbaye
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Niang
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Bâ
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Soko
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mbaye
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012675:Senegal; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination