Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
Pulmonary Nocardiosis Associated with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Takao ANDOToshiro USAAkane IDEYasuyo ABENobuko SERATan TOMINAGAEri EJIMAKiyoto ASHIZAWAKeisuke NAKATAKatsumi EGUCHI
Author information
JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

2001 Volume 40 Issue 3 Pages 246-249

Details
Abstract

A 69-year-old woman with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, who was regularly followed and treated with prednisolone and danazol, was admitted to our hospital because of shortness of breath. Chest roentgenogram showed a large amount of left-sided pleura! effusion. Gram-positive branching rods, subsequently identified as Nocardia farcinica, were isolated from the fluid. Antibiotic treatment together with pleural drainage with an intercostal catheter resulted in complete remission of pyothorax. Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare disease, but recognition of the disease in immunocompromised patients and the prompt initiation of appropriate treatments based on isolation of the pathogen can lead to a successful outcome.
(Internal Medicine 40: 246-249, 2001)

Content from these authors
© The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Previous article Next article
feedback
Top