Nocardia infection in kidney transplant recipients: case report and analysis of 66 published cases.

Abstract

Nocardiosis is a rare but life-threatening opportunistic infection, especially in immune compromised patients, including kidney transplant recipients. Primary pulmonary infection is the most common clinical pattern, and can easily result in disseminated Nocardia infection if treatment therapy is not adequate at the beginning. In this article, we report a new case of disseminated nocardiosis (lungs, skin, and pericardium) after renal allograft transplantation. We also review the English literature published from 1980 to 2010 and analyze the clinical characteristics of nocardiosis in kidney transplant recipients.

• Authors: X Yu, F Han, J Wu, Q He, W Peng, Y Wang, H Huang, H Li, R Wang, J Chen
• Journal: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (Transpl Infect Dis) Vol. 13 Issue 4 Pg. 385-91 (Aug 2011) ISSN: 1399-3062 [Electronic] Denmark
• PMID: 21824241 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
• Copyright: © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Kidney Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Lung Diseases (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology, pathology)
• Male
• Nocardia (isolation & purification)
• Nocardia Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology, pathology)
• Opportunistic Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology, pathology)
• Pericardium (microbiology, pathology)
• Skin Diseases, Bacterial (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology, pathology)
• Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination (therapeutic use)