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01-10-2010 | Case Report

Posttraumatic ankle arthritis due to a novel Nocardia species

Authors: I. Uçkay, K. Bouchuiguir-Wafa, B. Ninet, S. Emonet, M. Assal, S. Harbarth, J. Schrenzel

Published in: Infection | Issue 5/2010

Abstract

Introduction

Nocardial arthritis in immunocompetent patients is rare, and the optimum duration of antimicrobial therapy is unknown, although several months of antibiotic treatment is often recommended.

Case report

We here report the first case of human infection with a novel Nocardia sp., summarise the epidemiology of nocardial arthritis and outline the feasibility of relatively short antibiotic treatments after careful surgical drainage.

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Title: Posttraumatic ankle arthritis due to a novel Nocardia species
Authors: I. Uçkay
K. Bouchuiguir-Wafa
B. Ninet
S. Emonet
M. Assal
S. Harbarth
J. Schrenzel
Publication date: 01-10-2010
Publisher: Urban and Vogel
Published in: Infection / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-010-0027-y

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