PEDIATRICS Vol. 55 No. 1 January 1975, pp. 135-138
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Contagious and Other Aspects of Nocardiosis in the Compromised Host

Frederick Cox M.D.1 and Walter T. Hughes M.D.1

1 Infectious Diseases Service, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale, P.O. Box 318 Memphis, Tennessee 38101

Nocardiosis in the compromised host may be successfully treated if the diagnosis is made early while the infection is localized. The diagnosis is made by cultural isolation of the organism from the granulomatous lesions or infected secretions. Prolonged treatment with sulfonamides for up to four months or longer16 is the treatment of choice. The temporal relationship of contact among three patients in this series suggests, for the first time, the possibility of man to man transmission.




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