Central Venous Catheter-Associated Nocardia Bacteremia: An Unusual Manifestation of Nocardiosis

Nocardia bacteremia is very rare. We report 2 cases of central venous catheter-associated Nocardia bacteremia and review the literature. The limited clinical experience suggests that discontinuing the catheter and embarking on a relatively short course of appropriate antibiotics results in a good ou...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2000-08, Vol.31 (2), p.617-618
Hauptverfasser:	Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P., Jacobson, Kalen L., Whimbey, Estella E., Rolston, Kenneth V. I., Raad, Issam I.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antibiotics Bacteremia Bacteremia - diagnosis Bacteremia - microbiology Bacterial diseases Bacterial sepsis Biological and medical sciences Blood Brief Reports Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects Catheters Central venous catheterization Female Hodgkin disease Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Literature Lungs Male Medical sciences Nocardia Nocardia asteroides - isolation & purification Nocardia Infections - diagnosis Nocardia Infections - microbiology Symptoms
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Zusammenfassung:	Nocardia bacteremia is very rare. We report 2 cases of central venous catheter-associated Nocardia bacteremia and review the literature. The limited clinical experience suggests that discontinuing the catheter and embarking on a relatively short course of appropriate antibiotics results in a good outcome.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/313941