Two cases of Nocardia asteroides sternotomy infection treated with ofloxacin and a review of other active antimicrobial agents

J Infect. 1991 Nov;23(3):297-302. doi: 10.1016/0163-4453(91)93044-d.

Abstract

Two patients who developed post-operative sternotomy infections due to Nocardia asteroides were treated successfully with ofloxacin, in vitro susceptibility of the organisms being used as a guide to dosage. The place of this drug in the treatment of infection due to Nocardia asteroides merits further investigation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Nocardia Infections / drug therapy*
  • Nocardia asteroides* / drug effects
  • Nocardia asteroides* / isolation & purification
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ofloxacin