Cerebral nocardiosis with osteomyelitis of skull vault complicating a primary neck lesion in an immunocompetent patient: a case report.
Nocardiosis
case report
immunocompetent
osteomyelitis
skull vault
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
23
10
2020
accepted:
13
03
2021
entrez:
9
8
2021
pubmed:
10
8
2021
medline:
26
8
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Nocardia infection is an uncommon and rare condition in immunocompetent patient. A case of cutaneous nocardiosis complicated with osteomyelitis of the vault scalp in a 64-year-old man, with no remarkable past medical history, is reported. Treatment with trimethoprime-sulfamethoxazole than doxycycline for 12 months led to complete resolution and no evidence of recurrence was noted. Nocardia infection should be considered even in immunocomptent patients and doxycycline is a good alternative for treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34367428
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.349.26635
pii: PAMJ-38-349
pmc: PMC8308935
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
8064-90-2
Doxycycline
N12000U13O
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
349Informations de copyright
Copyright: Wafa Marrakchi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.
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