A case of Madura foot caused by Nocardia brasiliensis NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS'IN ETKEN OLDUGU BIR MADURA AYAGI OLGUSU


YÜCEL A. F., Sezgic N., AYGÜN G., Bahar H., Kotogyan A.

Cerrahpasa Tip Dergisi, cilt.27, sa.4, ss.221-224, 1996 (Scopus, TRDizin)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1996
  • Dergi Adı: Cerrahpasa Tip Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.221-224
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background and Design. Actinomycetoma is a rare condition related with difficulties in identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and treatment. Residual and metastatic lesions are frequent even in cases who received appropriate treatment. Observation. Here we report a woman of 47 who had N. brasiliensis infection continuing for the last 22 years. The infection which had been controlled with the treatment of sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim for several times, exacerbated after the cessation of the antibiotic therapy. Review of the literature is also summarized.