Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh
Objective: Nocardia can be introduced accidentally causing non-healing surgical wounds. Method: From February 2017 to January 2021 samples from wounds were collected. Nocardia identification and susceptibility testing were carried out by standard procedure. Results: Seventeen (35.4 %) Nocardia spp....
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| author | Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor Samira Afroz Asif Mujtaba Mahmud Tasmiah Selim Taskina Akhter Tamanna Sultana Sadia Taskeen |
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| description | Objective: Nocardia can be introduced accidentally causing non-healing surgical wounds. Method: From February 2017 to January 2021 samples from wounds were collected. Nocardia identification and susceptibility testing were carried out by standard procedure. Results: Seventeen (35.4 %) Nocardia spp. and 20 other pathogens (41.7%) were recovered by culture. Drug susceptibility among Nocardia was >70% to amikacin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, levofloxacin, linezolid, and imipenem, 47% to cephalosporins and 41% to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Conclusions: Infections with Nocardia spp. should be considered in non-healing surgical wounds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e371122655a2448fa329901aa483489e2022-12-21T22:09:25ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122021-09-01110272278Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from BangladeshAfzalunnessa Binte Lutfor0Samira Afroz1Asif Mujtaba Mahmud2Tasmiah Selim3Taskina Akhter4Tamanna Sultana5Sadia Taskeen6Ad-Din Women's Medical College, 2 BoroMoghbazar, Dhaka-1217, Bangladesh; Corresponding author: Dr. Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor, Professor and Head, Microbiology Department, Ad-Din Women's Medical College, 2, BoroMoghbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.Ad-Din Women's Medical College, 2 BoroMoghbazar, Dhaka-1217, BangladeshAsgar Ali Hospital, 111/1/A Distillery Road, Gandaria, Dhaka-1204, BangladeshBRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, 68 Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Sharani, icddr,b Building, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, BangladeshAd-Din Women's Medical College, 2 BoroMoghbazar, Dhaka-1217, BangladeshAd-Din Women's Medical College, 2 BoroMoghbazar, Dhaka-1217, BangladeshDhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka-1000, BangladeshObjective: Nocardia can be introduced accidentally causing non-healing surgical wounds. Method: From February 2017 to January 2021 samples from wounds were collected. Nocardia identification and susceptibility testing were carried out by standard procedure. Results: Seventeen (35.4 %) Nocardia spp. and 20 other pathogens (41.7%) were recovered by culture. Drug susceptibility among Nocardia was >70% to amikacin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, levofloxacin, linezolid, and imipenem, 47% to cephalosporins and 41% to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Conclusions: Infections with Nocardia spp. should be considered in non-healing surgical wounds.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221005841Non-healing surgical woundsNocardiaprolonged sufferingsdiagnosisdrug resistance |
| spellingShingle | Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor Samira Afroz Asif Mujtaba Mahmud Tasmiah Selim Taskina Akhter Tamanna Sultana Sadia Taskeen Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh International Journal of Infectious Diseases Non-healing surgical wounds Nocardia prolonged sufferings diagnosis drug resistance |
| title | Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh |
| title_full | Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh |
| title_short | Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh |
| title_sort | nocardia infection causing non healing surgical wounds a case series from bangladesh |
| topic | Non-healing surgical wounds Nocardia prolonged sufferings diagnosis drug resistance |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221005841 |
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