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Case Report

JACK D. WELSH, M.D.; CAPT. EVERETT R. RHOADES, USAF (MC); WILLIAM JAQUES, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1961;108(1):73-79.

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The purpose of this report is to present a case of nocardiosis involving not only the lung, brain, and subcutaneous tissues, but also the spinal cord. To our knowledge, only one other case of nocardiosis with a spinal cord abscess has been reported,¹ and its authenticity has been questioned.²

Report of Case

This 38-year-old white housewife had been well until the middle of February, 1957, when she developed a productive cough, fever, and night sweats. On March 30, 1957, a family physician referred her to a tuberculosis sanitarium because of her history and chest x-ray findings. There she was found to have a pulmonary infiltrate involving the upper portion of the right lung. Sputum smears and skin tests for tuberculosis were negative. The pulmonary infiltrate and cough did not change although she was given penicillin and tetracycline. During the last week of April, she noticed the appearance of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
OKLAHOMA CITY

From the Departments of Internal Medicine and of Pathology, Oklahoma University Medical Center.; Special Research Fellow, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, USPHS, Oklahoma City (Dr. Welsh).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 4, 1960.

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