RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pulmonary infection with Nocardia caviae in a patient with diabetes mellitus and liver cirrhosis.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 933
OP 934
DO 10.1136/thx.43.11.933
VO 43
IS 11
A1 B Salh
A1 C Fegan
A1 A Hussain
A1 A Jaulim
A1 K Whale
A1 A Webb
YR 1988
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/43/11/933.abstract
AB The first reported case of pulmonary infection with Nocardia caviae in Britain occurred in a 67 year old woman, in whom diabetes mellitus and liver cirrhosis probably contributed to impaired cell mediated immunity. She was successfully treated with gentamicin 60 mg eight hourly and sulphadimidine 500 mg six hourly for six months and then with sulphadimidine 2 g/day for a further three months. When Nocardia caviae is isolated from the sputum of a patient with chronic respiratory infection and fever, effective treatment should be started promptly.