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Disseminated Nocardia caviae with positive blood cultures.

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Petersen, DL; Hudson, LD; Sullivan, K
Published in: Arch Intern Med
July 1978

Disseminated Nocardia caviae infection with multiple positive blood cultures occurred in a bone marrow transplant recipient. Positive blood cultures are unusual in disseminated Nocardia infections and N caviea is an unusual species of Nocardia to cause infections in man, although its virulence in laboratory animals is similar to N asteroides. Multiple positive blood cultures in this case suggest a continuous or recurrent bacteremia rather than a transient bacteremia as previously has been thought to occur in disseminated Nocardia infections. The marked immunosuppressed state of the patient and an indwelling venous line could also have accounted for the recurrent bacteremia.

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Published In

Arch Intern Med

ISSN

0003-9926

Publication Date

July 1978

Volume

138

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1164 / 1165

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Sepsis
  • Recurrence
  • Nocardia Infections
  • Nocardia
  • Male
  • Leukemia, Myeloid
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
 

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Petersen, D. L., Hudson, L. D., & Sullivan, K. (1978). Disseminated Nocardia caviae with positive blood cultures. Arch Intern Med, 138(7), 1164–1165.
Petersen, D. L., L. D. Hudson, and K. Sullivan. “Disseminated Nocardia caviae with positive blood cultures.Arch Intern Med 138, no. 7 (July 1978): 1164–65.
Petersen DL, Hudson LD, Sullivan K. Disseminated Nocardia caviae with positive blood cultures. Arch Intern Med. 1978 Jul;138(7):1164–5.
Petersen, D. L., et al. “Disseminated Nocardia caviae with positive blood cultures.Arch Intern Med, vol. 138, no. 7, July 1978, pp. 1164–65.
Petersen DL, Hudson LD, Sullivan K. Disseminated Nocardia caviae with positive blood cultures. Arch Intern Med. 1978 Jul;138(7):1164–1165.

Published In

Arch Intern Med

ISSN

0003-9926

Publication Date

July 1978

Volume

138

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1164 / 1165

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Sepsis
  • Recurrence
  • Nocardia Infections
  • Nocardia
  • Male
  • Leukemia, Myeloid
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation