Treatment, Prevention and Control - Nocardia Infections

Treatment

Sulfonamides are the drug of choice for the treatment of nocardiosis. Sulfadiazine is useful for treatment of CNS infections. 

Trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole are consid-ered better than sulfadiazine. Nocardia are also susceptible to carbapenems, such as imipenem and cilastatin, cefotaxime or ceftriaxone and amikacin.

Prevention and Control

Prophylactic antibiotic therapy with trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole has been shown to be of some value in prevention of the disease.