Disseminated Nocardia asteroides and coinfection with Trichophyton rubrum in a renal transplant recipient.

Abstract

Disseminated Nocardia infection has a high mortality and morbidity rate in solid organ transplant recipients, even when appropriate antibiotics are given. In this report a renal transplant recipient is described, who developed disseminated Nocardia asteroides infection with lung, eye, and brain involvement, in addition to coinfection with Trichophyton rubrum.

• Authors: A Azap, H Arslan, F Ergin, H Karakayali, M Haberal
• Journal: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (Transpl Infect Dis) Vol. 4 Issue 4 Pg. 223-5 (Dec 2002) ISSN: 1398-2273 [Print] Denmark
• PMID: 12535267 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Humans
• Kidney Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Nocardia Infections (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Nocardia asteroides (pathogenicity)
• Opportunistic Infections (complications, drug therapy)
• Tinea (complications, diagnosis)
• Trichophyton (classification, pathogenicity)