Table 4.

Nocardia peritonitis in patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

Case n°/Reference	Year **	Age	Sex	Species	Cause of ESRD	Therapy Regimen	Therapy Duration	Outcome	Catheter Removal
1 [43]	1981	70	M	N. asteroides	CIN	Ceph, Sulf	6 weeks	survived	No
2 [44]	1990	60	M	NR	PCKD	Ofl, Tob, Ceph, Van, Azt, TMP/SMX	8 weeks	survived	No
3 [45]	1990	58	F	N. asteroides	NR	Ceft, Net, Van, TMP/SMX	NR	survived	Yes
4 [46]	1993	38	M	N. asteroides	SLE	Ceph, TMP/SMX	4 weeks	died	No
5 [47]	1994	80	M	N. nova	NR	TMP/SMX	3 weeks	survived	Yes
6 [48]	2001	32	M	N. nova	Type 1 DM	TMP/SMX, Imi	4 months	survived	Yes
7 [49]	2003	68	F	N. nova	Unknown	Cefa, Net, Ceft, Amk, Imi, TMP/SMX, Cef	2 weeks	died	No
8 [50]	2005	35	M	N. asteroides	CBUS	Van, Ceft, TMP/SMX, Amk, Cefu	19 weeks	survived	No
9 [51]	2008	75	M	NR	Type 2 DM	Van, TMP/SMX	11 weeks	survived	Yes
10 [8]	2008	66	M	N. asteroides	Type 2 DM	Cefa, Gen TMP/SMX	12 months	survived	Yes
11 [52]	2011	57	M	N. asteroides	Type 2 DM	Van, Ceft, TMP/SMX, Cef, Cip	2 weeks	died	Yes
12 [53]	2016	13	F	N. asteroides	DGS	Van, Cip, Ceft, Line	8 months	survived	Yes

Abbreviations: Azt = aztreonam; Cef = ceftriaxone; Cefa = cefazolin; Ceft = ceftazidime; Cefu = cefuroxime; Ceph = cephalotin; Cip = ciprofloxacin; CIN = chronic interstitial nephritis; CBUS = congenital bilateral ureteral stenosis; DGS= diffuse global sclerosis; DM = diabetes mellitus; ESRD = end-stage renal disease; Gen = gentamycin; Imi = imipenem; Line = linezolid; Net = netilmycin; NR = not reported; Ofl = ofloxacin; PCKD = polycystic kidney disease; SLE = systemic lupus erythematous; Sulf = sulfisoxazole; TMP/SMX = trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; Tob = tobramycin; Van = vancomycin; ** Year of pulication.