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Document 0655
DOCN M94A0655
TI Undiagnosed HIV infection presenting with disseminated primary cutaneous
nocardiosis in the Northern Territory.
DT 9412
AU Patel A; Bowden F; Heath T; Fisher D; Currie B; HIV/STD Unit,
Communicable Diseases Centre, Casuarina NT.
SO Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:55 (abstract no.
FCP2). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94349000
AB Nocardia asteroides is a soil saprophyte. Human infection is
predominantly acquired by inhalation and is not uncommonly associated
with immunosuppression due to therapeutic drugs, haematological
malignancy or general debility as occurs with chronic alcoholism.
Surprisingly few cases of nocardiosis in HIV infected patients have been
reported. This has been thought to be due in part to widespread use of
prophylactic sulphamethoxazole-trimethoprim therapy. Given this and the
fact that the infection can occur in normal hosts, it has not been
included as an AIDS defining illness. Our case is a 48 year old married
Caucasian male with no identifiable risk factors for HIV who presented
with disseminated nocardiosis affecting primarily the skin with no
evidence of pulmonary or cerebral infection. Of interest are: the portal
of entry of the organism as the patient had considerable occupational
exposure to soil, effects of HIV in the skin associated immune system
with potential for disseminated opportunistic cutaneous infections, the
importance of early isolation of the organism, the need for, combined
medical and surgical management and the decreasing requirement for
multi-drug therapy for N. asteroides once zidovudine was commenced. This
case highlights the different spectrum of HIV-related opportunistic
infections we may expect to encounter in tropical Australia.
DE AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY Case Report
Combined Modality Therapy Diagnosis, Differential Human HIV
Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY Male Middle Age *Nocardia asteroides
Nocardia Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY Northern Territory
Zidovudine/THERAPEUTIC USE MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).