Potential nosocomial disseminated infection due to Nocardia asteroides after a prosthesis insertion in an immunocompetent patient |
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Authors: | Mrozek N Hamizi S Gourdon F Laurichesse H Beytout J Lesens O |
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Institution: | Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, H?tel-Dieu, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. |
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Abstract: | Nocardia infections are rare and usually occurred in immunocompromised patients with systemic dissemination from a lung infection. We report a case of an immunocompetent patient in whom Nocardia asteroides had cause psoas and cerebral abcess without pulmonary infection, a short period after a hip prosthesis insertion. The clinical history is highly suggestive of a hospital-acquired infection. |
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