Disseminated nocardiosis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

M A Elliott; A Tefferi; W F Marshall; M Q Lacy

doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1700896

Disseminated nocardiosis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1997 Sep;20(5):425-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700896.

Authors

M A Elliott¹, A Tefferi, W F Marshall, M Q Lacy

Affiliation

¹ Division of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

PMID: 9339761
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700896

Abstract

Nocardia infarction is rare in bone marrow transplant recipients; only 10 cases have been reported. We describe a case of disseminated nocardiosis after allogeneic BMT with positive blood cultures and multiple cerebral and hepatosplenic abscesses.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Abscess / microbiology
Abscess / pathology
Adult
Animals
Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Brain Abscess / microbiology
Brain Abscess / pathology
Chick Embryo
Humans
Liver Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Liver Abscess / microbiology
Liver Abscess / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Nocardia Infections / etiology*
Nocardia asteroides / isolation & purification
Radionuclide Imaging
Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Splenic Diseases / microbiology
Splenic Diseases / pathology
Transplantation, Homologous