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Nocardia causing chronic suppurative otitis media and cortical venous thrombosis
Kiran Chawla1, Anusha Gopinathan1, Chandrashekar Udyawara Kudru2, Shivashankara Kaniyoor Nagiri2
1 Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Kiran Chawla
Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-1282.134461
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Nocardia is known to cause myriad of infections like pulmonary, cutaneous or disseminated in immunocompromised persons. We report a rare case of Nocardia asteroides complex causing chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and then leading to cortical venous thrombosis. The patient was treated successfully and discharged till follow-up. |
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