Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis as an emerging cause of opportunistic infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
We report the case of a 55-year-old man who exhibited a nodular pneumonia 4 months after an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Culture of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis. This recently described carbapenem-resistant species should be included in the differential diagnosis of fungal infection in this setting.
Lebeaux
David
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Université Paris Descartes Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Centre d'Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, 149 Rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France.
Lanternier
Fanny
F
Degand
Nicolas
N
Catherinot
Emilie
E
Podglajen
Isabelle
I
Rubio
Marie-Thérèse
MT
Suarez
Felipe
F
Lecuit
Marc
M
Mainardi
Jean-Luc
JL
Lortholary
Olivier
O
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014054:Tomography
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015780:Carbapenems