A Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis Treated only by Sulfamethoxazole

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  • サルファ剤単独で治癒した肺ノカルジア症の1例
  • サルファザイ タンドク デ チイヤシタ ハイ ノカルジアショウ ノ 1レイ

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A 70-year-old male was admitted with remittent fever and purulent sputum. Chest X-ray revealed infiltrative shadows with multiple irregular cavities in the right lower love. He was treated with ceftezole and tobramycin or sulbenicillin, lincomycin and ceftezole under the diagnosis of pulmonary abscess, but was not improved. Chest X-ray for three weeks after admission revealed a right pleural exudate. w By the puncture of the right pleural cavity purulent exudate was collected and Nocardia asteroides was isolated.<BR>The administration of sulfamethoxazole was immediately started. Clinical symptoms improve completely in about three weeks after the treatment with sulfamethoxazole. It is certain that sulfamethoxazole is very effective for nocardiosis.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 54 (8), 402-407, 1980

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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