Nocardia cyriacigeorgica pleural empyema in an immunocompromised patient.
A case of fatal Nocardia cyriacigeorgica pleural empyema in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and long-term corticosteroid therapy is described. The organism was isolated from the pleural fluid in pure culture and was identified by conventional and molecular methods. Despite the early administration of the appropriate antibiotic treatment, the patient died 4 days after hospital admission.
Maraki
Sofia
S
Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion 711 10, Crete, Greece. sofiamaraki@in.gr
Panagiotaki
Evangelia
E
Tsopanidis
Dimitrios
D
Scoulica
Efstathia
E
Miari
Nafsika-Magdalini
NM
Hainis
Kyriakos
K
Dotis
George
G
Katsoula
Iliana
I
Tselentis
Yiannis
Y
D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology