title: Disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with nephrotic syndrome following HIV infection.
abstract: In the present study, a case of disseminated abscesses caused byNocardiain a patient undergoing immunosuppressive therapy for nephrotic syndrome and infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported. The patient had membranous nephropathy and received systemic corticosteroid therapy for one year. During this time, the patient was diagnosed with HIV and developed disseminated abscesses in the lungs, brain and hip. Pathogens isolated from sputum and pus were identified asNocardia asteroides. The patient was successfully treated following surgical drainage of the abscesses and by oral administration of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Research Institute of Nephrology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Letian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Research Institute of Nephrology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Research Institute of Nephrology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Research Institute of Nephrology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shuguang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
keywords: human immunodeficiency virus; nephrotic syndrome; nocardiosis