Table 3   Literature review of Nocardia exalbida infection

[9]

43/NR

Pneumonia

NR

NR

NR

NR

[9]

60/NR

NR

Pemphigus -vulgaris

NR

NR

NR

[10]

38/F

Keratitis

None

Erytromycin + topical agent

→TMP/SMX(3 tablets/day)

+topical agent

unclear

10 days

unclear

Improved

[11]

63/M

Brain abscess

Lymphoma

TMP/SMX(13 mg/kg/day)

+MEPM(4 g/day)

→TMP/SMX(11.5 mg/kg/day)^a

2 months

2 months

> 4 months

Improved

[12]

47/M

Pneumonia

HIV,DM,HB

IMP(2 g/day)

AMK(15 mg/kg/day)

→GRNX(400 mg/day)^a

17 days

17 days

6 months^a

Improved

[13]

56/M

Endophthalmitis

None

TMP/SMX (unknown

→Enucleation

6 months

Improved

[14]

68/M

Pneumonia

HIV

TMP/SMX(12 mg/kg/day)

→TMP/SMX(6 mg/kg/day)

7 days

12 months

Improved

[15]

57/M

Blebitis

Open-angle glaucoma

TMP/SMX (unknown)

Improved

+AMK (unknown)

6 months

+Sulfonamide (unknown)

[16]

70/M

Pneumonia

Lung cancer

oral steroids

DRPM(3.0 g/day)

+TMP/SMX(13 mg/kg/day)

17 days

8 days

Improved

^b

[17]

76/M

Pneumonia

Colon cancer

TMP/SMX (unknown)

→TMP-SMX + LVFX

3 months

Improved

Present case

77/M

Pneumonia

None

TMP/SMX(5 mg/kg/day)

→Minocycline 200 mg

4 months

1 month

Improved