title: First case ofNocardia amamiensispulmonary infection in Mexico.
abstract: We report a case ofNocardia amamiensispulmonary infection in a 43-year-old immunocompromised woman. The patient was treated with imipenem/cilastatin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and had a favourable outcome. It is important that laboratories perform species identification to understand the epidemiology and susceptibility patterns of the differentNocardiaspp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinez-Gamboa
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cervera-Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Torres-Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rangel-Cordero
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ponce-de-Leon
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sifuentes-Osornio
keywords: Antimicrobial susceptibility; Mexico; Nocardia amamiensis; immunocompromised; pulmonary nocardiosis