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Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter-Associated Nocardia nova Endocarditis in a Patient Receiving Intravenous Antibiotics for Chronic Lyme Disease

Njie, Aji B.
Mitchell, Michael
Pukkila-Worley, Read
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Long-term antibiotics are not effective for the therapy of patients with persistent symptoms and a history of Lyme disease. However, some clinicians still prescribe these therapies. We present a case of peripherally inserted central catheter-associated Nocardia nova endocarditis in a patient who had been receiving intravenous antibiotics for the management of chronic Lyme disease. This case highlights an important risk associated with the unscientific use of indwelling peripheral catheters and intravenous antibiotics for the management of such patients. Infectious Diseases Society of America.

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Njie AB, Mitchell M, Pukkila-Worley R. Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter-Associated Nocardia nova Endocarditis in a Patient Receiving Intravenous Antibiotics for Chronic Lyme Disease. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 5;8(3):ofab041. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab041. PMID: 33728358; PMCID: PMC7944348. Link to article on publisher's site

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