title: Nocardia paucivorans--a cause of disseminated nocardiosis.
abstract: We describe a 53-year-old man without discernable immunocompromise who presented with cerebral and cutaneous dissemination of primary pulmonary Nocardia paucivorans infection. This report also identifies 32 other patients in our health area with clinical isolates of N. paucivorans over the last 20 years, extending the reported spectrum of disease caused by this organism. At least 30% (10/33) of these patients had disseminated disease indicating a propensity of this species to disseminate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Mater Adult Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia. tim.gray@tpg.com.au
authors.forename: Timothy James
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Serisier
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gilpin
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coulter
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bowler
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: McCormack
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*