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I Uçkay1, K Bouchuiguir-Wafa, B Ninet
1Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 4, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. ilker.uckay@hcuge.ch
Introduction:
Nocardial arthritis in immunocompetent patients is rare, and the optimum duration of antimicrobial therapy is unknown, although several months of antibiotic treatment is often recommended.
Case Report:
We here report the first case of human infection with a novel Nocardia sp., summarise the epidemiology of nocardial arthritis and outline the feasibility of relatively short antibiotic treatments after careful surgical drainage.
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