@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.025577-0, author = "Hara, Hiroyuki and Wakui, Fuminori and Ochiai, Toyoko", title = "Disseminated Nocardia farcinica infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2011", volume = "60", number = "6", pages = "847-850", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.025577-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.025577-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Here, we describe a patient with disseminated systemic nocardiosis. He had a history of systemic lupus erythematosus and had received oral prednisolone for 7 months. Nocardia farcinica was isolated from the pus. There were neither clinical nor radiologic features of pulmonary nocardiosis. The patient was treated with oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, intravenous imipenem and surgical drainage with a good clinical response, and there has been no recurrence of the infection.", }