--- abstract: 'Nocardiosis is a common opportunistic infection in the immunocompromised and in patients with chronic debilitating diseases,e.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, she responded to intraperitoneal and oral linezolid and oral ciprofloxacin.' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue40/2011-4-11.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - ravi2varsha@yahoo.co.in - ~ - ~ - ~ creators_name: - family: Patil given: RN honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Bafna given: UD honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Pallavi given: VR honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Rathod given: PS honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2012-01-15 date_type: published datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:04:10 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/88/61 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 8861 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/8861/1/2011-4-11.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Nocardiosis; CAPD patients, Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX); Amikacin; Intraperitoneal.' lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:04:10 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 4(11) pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tGreenfield AR Nocardiosis. (eMedicine Infectious Diseases Website). Oct-14, 2008. Available at http://www.emedicine.medscape.com/article/224123-overview. Accessed Feb 11, 2010.\r\n2.\tFilice AG. Nocardiosis. In: Braunwald E et al. (eds) Harrison’s-Principles of Internal Medicine, 15th edition. McGraw Hill Companies. pp. 1006-1008.\r\n3.\tOrtiz MA, Rabagliati R, Machuca E. Successful Treatment of Nocardia asteroids Peritonitis in a Patient Undergoing Automated Peritoneal Dialysis and Receiving Immuno-suppressive Therapy. Adv Perit Dial. 2005;21:66-68.\r\n4.\tLi SY, Yu KW, Yang WC et al. Nocardia Peritonitis — a Case Report and Literature Review. Peritl Dial Int. 2008;28(5):544-547.\r\n5.\tJohn MA, Madiba TE, Mahabeer P et al. Disseminated nocardiosis masquerading as abdominal tuberculosis. S Afr J Surg. 2004;42(1):17-19.\r\n6.\tSalfield SAW, Duerden BI, Dickson JA et al. Abdominal nocardiosis in a Sudanese girl. Eur J Pediatr.1983;140(2):135-137.\r\n7.\tMeiers B, Metzger U, Maller F et al. Successful Treatment of a Pancreatic Nocardia asteroids Abscess with Amikacin and Surgical Drainage. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986;29(1):150-151.\r\n8.\tLopes JO, Alves SH, Benevenga JP et al. Nocardia asteroides peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1993;35(4):377-9.\r\n9.\tChu KH, Fung KS, Tsang WK et al. Nocardia Peritonitis: Satisfactory Response to Intraperitoneal Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole. Perit Dial Int. 2003;23(2):197–199." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 9 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2013-05-04 23:04:10 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Successful Intra-peritoneal Antibiotic Therapy for Primary Abdominal Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Young Female Masquerading as Carcinoma Ovary type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 10