trimethoprim--sulfamethoxazole-drug-combination and chloroquine-diphosphate

Topics: Amebicides; Antimalarials; Antiprotozoal Agents; Balantidiasis; Chloroquine; Coccidiosis; Dientamoebiasis; Drug Combinations; Dysentery, Amebic; Emetine; Furans; Furazolidone; Giardiasis; Humans; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic; Iodoquinol; Liver Abscess, Amebic; Metronidazole; Paromomycin; Quinacrine; Sulfamethoxazole; Tetracycline; Tinidazole; Trimethoprim; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disease that is characterised by tendency to thrombosis, obstetrical and hematological complications. Corticosteroids may be useful for therapy of some features of this syndrome, such as thrombocytopenia. Nocardia is an important opportunistic infectious agent in immunocompromised hosts, i.e. in patients taking corticosteroids. It is important to be aware of these rare complications, which are correlated with the prognosis. In this paper, we report a patient with primary anti-phospholipid syndrome treated by corticosteroid, who developed disseminated nocardiosis.

Topics: Adult; Anti-Infective Agents; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antiphospholipid Syndrome; Antirheumatic Agents; Ceftriaxone; Chloroquine; Female; Humans; Immunocompromised Host; Methylprednisolone; Nocardia Infections; Thrombocytopenia; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination