title: Nocardia cyriacigeorgica pleural empyema in an immunocompromised patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maraki
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Panagiotaki
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsopanidis
authors.forename: Efstathia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scoulica
authors.forename: Nafsika-Magdalini
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Miari
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hainis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dotis
authors.forename: Iliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Katsoula
authors.forename: Yiannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tselentis
mesh_terms: 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