title: Recurrent Nocardia Sepsis in a Patient With Sickle Cell Anemia Receiving Continuous Deferoxamine.
abstract: Nocardia species are ubiquitous soil-borne organisms that most commonly cause invasive disease in patients with defective cell-mediated immunity. We report a case of recurrent Nocardia sepsis in a patient with sickle cell disease and chronic iron overload, who was undergoing high-dose infusions of deferoxamine through a central venous catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
authors.forename: Jacob M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wessler
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
authors.forename: Anjali N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kunz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Janiine G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Babcock
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Kip R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Hartman
keywords: Nocardia; hemoglobinopathies; iron chelation; sickle cell disease