Successful treatment of a pancreatic Nocardia asteroides abscess with amikacin and surgical drainage.
AUTOR(ES)
Meier, B
RESUMO
A retroperitoneal Nocardia asteroides abscess was diagnosed in a 76-year-old patient. Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole treatment for 6.5 weeks failed after surgical drainage of the abscess, and superinfection occurred. Subsequent treatment with amikacin resulted in a cure after 7 weeks. Amikacin might significantly shorten the duration of treatment in disseminated nocardiosis.
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