Streptomyces pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review.
We describe a case of Streptomyces lanatus pneumonia in an immunocompetent 52-year-old woman. Bronchoalveolar lavage culture grew Streptomyces, which was identified by 16S rRNA sequencing. The infection resolved completely after successful treatment with doxycycline for 6 months. We also review the literature on human invasive Streptomyces infections.
Kofteridis
Diamantis P
DP
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 2208, Heraklion 71003, Crete, Greece. kofterid@med.uoc.gr
Maraki
Sofia
S
Scoulica
Efstathia
E
Tsioutis
Constantinos
C
Maltezakis
Georgios
G
Gikas
Achilleas
A
D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S