Clinical Characteristics of Nocardia Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

Table 3

Characteristics of Nocardia infection developed in rheumatic disease patients.

Case no.	Nocardia spp	Pulmonary nocardiosis	Extrapulmonary lesion	Initial therapy	Outcome
1	N. asteroides	Yes	Mediastinal abscess	IMP/CS + MINO + TMP-SMZ	Remission
2	N.D.	Yes	Brain abscess	PAPM/BP + CLDM + TMP-SMZ	Remission
3	N. farcinica	Yes	Iliopsoas abscess	MEPM	Remission
4	N. nova	Yes	Brain abscess	MEPM + TMP-SMZ	Remission
5	N. farcinica	Yes	No	MEPM + ABK	Remission
6	N. farcinica	Yes	No	MEPM	Recurrence
7	N.D.	Yes	Brain abscess	IMP/CS	Remission
8	N.D.	Yes	No	TMP-SMZ	Remission
9	N. farcinica	Yes	No	MEPM	Remission
10	N. farcinica	Yes	Subcutaneous abscess	TMP-SMZ	Remission

N.D.: not determined; IMP/CS: imipenem/cilastatin sodium; MINO: minomycin; TMP-SMZ: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
PAPM/BP: panipenem-betamipron; CLDM: clindamycin; MEPM: meropenem; ABK: arbekacin.