SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS REVEALING A PULMONAR Y NOCARDIOSIS IN A HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT

Citation
D. Debatzoguereh et al., SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS REVEALING A PULMONAR Y NOCARDIOSIS IN A HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 23(6-7), 1993, pp. 577-580
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
23
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
577 - 580
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1993)23:6-7<577:SARAPY>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A 38-year-old, homosexual, HIV infected patient, with diabetes mellitu s, aortic prothesis and thrombocytopenia treated with corticosteroids presents a thoracic subcutaneous abscess with homolateral pneumonia. D iagnosis of nocardial infection due to N. asteroides is assured by the pus sample. There is apparently a primary pulmonary localization with secondary fistulisation in the subcutaneous tissue. Therapy consistin g of imipenem and ofloxacin is rapidely effective. This is the first r eport of such a case in a HIV infected patient.