Diagnosis of Nocardia pneumonia by transtracheal aspiration.
We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis in which the microbiological diagnosis was made by transtracheal aspiration after all conventional methods had failed. The simplicity of the technique and the importance of diagnosing nocardiosis are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D009616:Nocardia asteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D013396:Suction; D014132:Trachea