TY - JOUR
T1 - Salivary gland nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient
AU - Shetty, Prashanth V.
AU - Kannappan, Odaiyappan
AU - Sarma, Yashdeep Sinha
PY - 2011/4/1
Y1 - 2011/4/1
N2 - We report a case of nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient who presented with pain and multiple swellings in the face. Nocardia asteroides was isolated from the parotid and submandibular salivary glands. The patient was successfully treated by surgical drainage and oral administration of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case from India on N. asteroides affecting the salivary gland.
AB - We report a case of nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient who presented with pain and multiple swellings in the face. Nocardia asteroides was isolated from the parotid and submandibular salivary glands. The patient was successfully treated by surgical drainage and oral administration of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case from India on N. asteroides affecting the salivary gland.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1015-9584(11)60028-6
DO - 10.1016/S1015-9584(11)60028-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 21723475
AN - SCOPUS:79959963349
SN - 1015-9584
VL - 34
SP - 99
EP - 101
JO - Asian Journal of Surgery
JF - Asian Journal of Surgery
IS - 2
ER -