title: Streptomyces pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 2208, Heraklion 71003, Crete, Greece. kofterid@med.uoc.gr
authors.forename: Diamantis P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kofteridis
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maraki
authors.forename: Efstathia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scoulica
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsioutis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maltezakis
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gikas
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S