?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Successful+Intra-peritoneal+Antibiotic+Therapy+for+Primary+Abdominal+Nocardiosis+in+an+Immunocompetent+Young+Female+Masquerading+as+Carcinoma+Ovary&rft.creator=Patil%2C+RN&rft.creator=Bafna%2C+UD&rft.creator=Pallavi%2C+VR&rft.creator=Rathod%2C+PS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Nocardiosis+is+a+common+opportunistic+infection+in+the+immunocompromised+and+in+patients+with+chronic+debilitating+diseases%2Ce.g+continuous+ambulatory+peritoneal+dialysis+(CAPD)+patients.+Primary+abdominal+nocardiosis+is+rare+and+is+indeed+a+very+rare+infection+in+immunocompetent+persons.+Only+two+cases+have+been+reported+in+immunocompetent+patients+so+far++and+this+may+be+third+case+to+the+best+of+our+knowledge+and+first+in+India.+About+11+cases+have+been+reported+in+CAPD+patients+and+AIDS+patients.We+report+a+case+of+Nocardiosis+in+an+immunocompetent+young+female+who+presented+with+an+abdomino-pelvic+mass+masquerading+as+carcinoma+ovary.After+initial+resistance+to+various+antibiotics%2C+she+responded+to+intraperitoneal+and+oral+linezolid+and+oral+ciprofloxacin.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-01-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8861%2F1%2F2011-4-11.pdf&rft.identifier=++Patil%2C+RN+and+Bafna%2C+UD+and+Pallavi%2C+VR+and+Rathod%2C+PS++(2012)+Successful+Intra-peritoneal+Antibiotic+Therapy+for+Primary+Abdominal+Nocardiosis+in+an+Immunocompetent+Young+Female+Masquerading+as+Carcinoma+Ovary.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8861%2F