title: Pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in an adult asthmatic female patient: The presence of acid-fast branching filaments is always significant.
abstract: We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis in a 41-year-old asthma patient. Chest radiographs showed bilateral air space and consolidations.Acid-fast branching filaments were demonstrated in sputum, and the grown organism was identified phenotypically and confirmed using16S rDNA sequencing (accession no. KX500116). The patient received a combination of medical treatments, but developed complications,which were managed over the next 3 months, after which she was discharged. Pulmonary nocardiosis should be considered in patientsundergoing steroid therapy or when a chronic infection does not respond to first-line treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan. adilmahgoub_999@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahgoub
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Gumaa
authors.forename: M R P
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: A H A
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Elsheikh
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Elkhalifa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elhaj
authors.forename: R R M
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Salih
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hamid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009615:Nocardia / Q000235:genetics; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal