Chest wall abscess caused by Nocardia asteroides
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hirennappa B Udnur; MP Shiju; S Sreeja
- Source
- Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences. 2:133
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Long term treatment
biology
business.industry
Pulmonary nocardiosis
Nocardia
bacterial infections and mycoses
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Surgery
Medicine
Transplant patient
Presentation (obstetrics)
business
Abscess
- Language
- ISSN
- 2277-8632
We report a case of a postrenal transplant patient currently on immunosuppressive therapy, with an unusual presentation of pulmonary nocardiosis. The patient presented with a right-sided chest wall abscess. Pus was aspirated from the abscess and culture yielded pure growth of Nocardia asteroides. The patient responded well to surgical drainage and long term treatment with cotrimoxazole.