Fatal pulmonary Nocardia farcinica infection.
Nocardia farcinica infections are rare and potentially life threatening. Identification is based on growth at 45 degreesC, opacification of Middlebrook 7H10 agar, and resistance to antibiotics. We describe a case of fatal pulmonary N. farcinica infection in a patient with pneumoconiosis that was diagnosed by culture of sputum onto selective media.
De La Iglesia
Pedro
P
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain. pedro_de_la_iglesia@hotmail.com
Viejo
Guillermo
G
Gomez
Beatriz
B
De Miguel
Dolores
D
Del Valle
Asuncion
A
Otero
Luis
L
D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009615:Nocardia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*