[Nocardiasis. Apropos of a case report. Literature review]

C el-Khawand; E Installe; F Pouthier; J P Trigaux; L Delaunois

[Nocardiasis. Apropos of a case report. Literature review]

Acta Clin Belg. 1992;47(6):414-22.

[Article in French]

Authors

C el-Khawand¹, E Installe, F Pouthier, J P Trigaux, L Delaunois

Affiliation

¹ Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir.

PMID: 1337814

Abstract

We report the observation of a cutaneous, pulmonary and osseous nocardiosis in a 45-year-old man. He was iatrogenously immunocompromised because of a "self-medication" with 32 mg per day of methylprednisolone during 30 months for gouty arthropathies. Under treatment with several antibiotics, a favourable evolution was obtained.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
Methylprednisolone / adverse effects
Middle Aged
Nocardia Infections / diagnostic imaging
Nocardia Infections / immunology
Nocardia Infections / microbiology*
Nocardia asteroides / isolation & purification
Radiography
Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Tract Infections / immunology
Respiratory Tract Infections / microbiology*
Self Medication

Substances

Methylprednisolone