Babilas, Philipp and Scherer, K. and Landthaler, M. and Ehrenstein, B. and Szeimies, R-M. (2007) Nocardia farcinica infection of a vascular prosthesis. HAUTARZT, 58 (4). pp. 335-337. ISSN 0017-8470,
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A 61-year-old woman presented with purple-red subcutaneous nodules on her right leg. She had experienced fever up to 40 degrees C for the past 10 days and felt generally weak over the last two months. Four months earlier, a vascular graft had been implanted in her right femoral artery. Based on the diagnosis of skin infection due to implantation of an infected prosthesis, she was hospitalized and treated with an antibiotic regime. During the initial antibiotic treatment, the symptoms deteriorated, and she developed joint, hepatic and CNS abscesses. Finally, a microbiologic culture with an extended incubation time revealed the diagnosis of an infection with the slowly growing bacterium Nocardia ssp. Hereupon the patient was treated purposeful with Meropenem over six months. This treatment resulted in complete recovery.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ; meropenem; granuloma; nocardiosis; bacteremic infection; vascular prosthesis |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Dermatologie und Venerologie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2020 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2020 10:01 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/32948 |
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