title: Nocardia farcinica isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of a child with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: Nocardia spp. can cause pulmonary infection, usually in the setting of immunosuppression or underlying lung disease. There have been a few reports of these organisms isolated from cystic fibrosis patients and, when recovered, the isolates were almost always Nocardia asteroides. We present the first reported case of a child with cystic fibrosis harboring Nocardia farcinica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. bruce.petersen@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Songyang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Carin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamm
authors.forename: Arnold H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Szporn
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013418:Sulfamethazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D013418:Sulfamethazine; D014295:Trimethoprim