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. 1986 Jan;29(1):150–151. doi: 10.1128/aac.29.1.150

Successful treatment of a pancreatic Nocardia asteroides abscess with amikacin and surgical drainage.

B Meier, U Metzger, F Müller, W Siegenthaler, R Lüthy
PMCID: PMC180381  PMID: 3524421

Abstract

A retroperitoneal Nocardia asteroides abscess was diagnosed in a 76-year-old patient. Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole treatment for 6.5 weeks failed after surgical drainage of the abscess, and superinfection occurred. Subsequent treatment with amikacin resulted in a cure after 7 weeks. Amikacin might significantly shorten the duration of treatment in disseminated nocardiosis.

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