Disseminated Nocardia farcinica infection presenting as a paravertebral abscess in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2019 Apr-Jun;62(2):329-331. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_178_17.

Abstract

Disseminated Nocardia infections occur particularly in immunosuppressed hosts and are most often due to Nocardia farcinica, Nocardia nova, and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica. Here, we report an unusual case of disseminated N. farcinica infection presenting as a paravertebral abscess in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Keywords: Granulomatous; Nocardia farcinica; nocardiosis; paravertebral abscess.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / drug therapy
  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification
  • Nocardia / pathogenicity
  • Nocardia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Nocardia Infections / drug therapy
  • Skin / microbiology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Thorax / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents