Fatal Nocardia cyriacigeorgica spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

F J Lee; A K Aung; L A Pereira; I H Arthur; R J Murray

doi:10.1002/2052-2975.18

Fatal Nocardia cyriacigeorgica spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

New Microbes New Infect. 2013 Nov;1(2):32-3. doi: 10.1002/2052-2975.18. Epub 2013 Nov 21.

Authors

F J Lee¹, A K Aung¹, L A Pereira², I H Arthur³, R J Murray⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth, Australia.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth, Australia ; Department of Microbiology, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine QEII Medical Centre Perth, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine QEII Medical Centre Perth, Australia.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth, Australia ; Department of Microbiology, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine QEII Medical Centre Perth, Australia ; University of Western Australia Perth, Australia.

Abstract

We report the first case of fatal spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and fulminant hepatitis caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in a patient with hepatitis C-related liver cirrhosis.

Keywords: Liver cirrhosis; Nocardia cyriacigeorgica; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.