creators_name: Patil, RN creators_name: Bafna, UD creators_name: Pallavi, VR creators_name: Rathod, PS creators_id: ravi2varsha@yahoo.co.in editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:04:10 lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:04:10 metadata_visibility: show title: Successful Intra-peritoneal Antibiotic Therapy for Primary Abdominal Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Young Female Masquerading as Carcinoma Ovary ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Nocardiosis; CAPD patients, Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX); Amikacin; Intraperitoneal. abstract: Nocardiosis is a common opportunistic infection in the immunocompromised and in patients with chronic debilitating diseases,e.g continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. Primary abdominal nocardiosis is rare and is indeed a very rare infection in immunocompetent persons. Only two cases have been reported in immunocompetent patients so far and this may be third case to the best of our knowledge and first in India. About 11 cases have been reported in CAPD patients and AIDS patients.We report a case of Nocardiosis in an immunocompetent young female who presented with an abdomino-pelvic mass masquerading as carcinoma ovary.After initial resistance to various antibiotics, she responded to intraperitoneal and oral linezolid and oral ciprofloxacin. date: 2012-01-15 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 10 number: 4(11) publisher: BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Greenfield AR Nocardiosis. (eMedicine Infectious Diseases Website). Oct-14, 2008. Available at http://www.emedicine.medscape.com/article/224123-overview. Accessed Feb 11, 2010. 2. Filice AG. Nocardiosis. In: Braunwald E et al. (eds) Harrison’s-Principles of Internal Medicine, 15th edition. McGraw Hill Companies. pp. 1006-1008. 3. Ortiz MA, Rabagliati R, Machuca E. Successful Treatment of Nocardia asteroids Peritonitis in a Patient Undergoing Automated Peritoneal Dialysis and Receiving Immuno-suppressive Therapy. Adv Perit Dial. 2005;21:66-68. 4. Li SY, Yu KW, Yang WC et al. Nocardia Peritonitis — a Case Report and Literature Review. Peritl Dial Int. 2008;28(5):544-547. 5. John MA, Madiba TE, Mahabeer P et al. Disseminated nocardiosis masquerading as abdominal tuberculosis. S Afr J Surg. 2004;42(1):17-19. 6. Salfield SAW, Duerden BI, Dickson JA et al. Abdominal nocardiosis in a Sudanese girl. Eur J Pediatr.1983;140(2):135-137. 7. Meiers B, Metzger U, Maller F et al. Successful Treatment of a Pancreatic Nocardia asteroids Abscess with Amikacin and Surgical Drainage. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986;29(1):150-151. 8. Lopes JO, Alves SH, Benevenga JP et al. Nocardia asteroides peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1993;35(4):377-9. 9. Chu KH, Fung KS, Tsang WK et al. Nocardia Peritonitis: Satisfactory Response to Intraperitoneal Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole. Perit Dial Int. 2003;23(2):197–199. citation: Patil, RN and Bafna, UD and Pallavi, VR and Rathod, PS (2012) Successful Intra-peritoneal Antibiotic Therapy for Primary Abdominal Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Young Female Masquerading as Carcinoma Ovary. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/8861/1/2011-4-11.pdf