This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow An erratum has been published
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Hamdad, F.
Right arrow Articles by Eb, F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Hamdad, F.
Right arrow Articles by Eb, F.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, p. 262-265, Vol. 45, No. 1
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00669-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Nocardia nova as the Causative Agent in Spondylodiscitis and Psoas Abscess{triangledown}

Farida Hamdad,1* Barbara Vidal,2 Youcef Douadi,2 Genevieve Laurans,1 Brigitte Canarelli,1 Gabriel Choukroun,3 Veronica Rodriguez-Nava,4 Patrick Boiron,4 Blaine Beaman,5 and François Eb1

Department of Bacteriology-Hygiene,1 Department of Infectious Diseases,2 Department of Nephrology-Transplantation, University Hospital of Amiens, Amiens, France,3 UMR CNRS 5557, Center for Microbial Ecology, Nocardiosis French Observatory, School of Pharmacy, University Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France,4 Department of Medical Microbiology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California5

Received 29 March 2006/ Returned for modification 26 April 2006/ Accepted 21 September 2006

We describe here the first case of Nocardia nova spondylodiscitis accompanied by a psoas abscess due to spreading from pulmonary nocardiosis. Nocardia was cultured from all affected sites. After 1 year of an appropriate antimicrobial therapy and a surgical drainage of the abscess that was required, the patient's clinical condition had improved.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène. CHU Nord., Place Victor Pauchet, 80054 Amiens Cedex 1, France. Phone: 00 333 22 66 84 35. Fax: 00 333 22 66 84 98. E-mail: Hamdad-Daoudi.Farida{at}chu-amiens.fr.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 18 October 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, p. 262-265, Vol. 45, No. 1
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00669-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Dubois, D., Robin, F., Bouvier, D., Delmas, J., Bonnet, R., Lesens, O., Hennequin, C. (2008). Streptobacillus moniliformis as the Causative Agent in Spondylodiscitis and Psoas Abscess after Rooster Scratches. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 2820-2821 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Crum-Cianflone, N. F. (2008). Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic, and Viral Myositis. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 21: 473-494 [Abstract] [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»