First case of Nocardia amamiensis pulmonary infection in Mexico

A. Martinez-Gamboa; M.E. Cervera-Hernandez; P. Torres-Gonzalez; A. Rangel-Cordero; A. Ponce-de-Leon; J. Sifuentes-Osornio

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.005

New Microbes and New Infections (Mar 2017)

First case of Nocardia amamiensis pulmonary infection in Mexico

A. Martinez-Gamboa,
M.E. Cervera-Hernandez,
P. Torres-Gonzalez,
A. Rangel-Cordero,
A. Ponce-de-Leon,
J. Sifuentes-Osornio

Affiliations

A. Martinez-Gamboa: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico
M.E. Cervera-Hernandez: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico
P. Torres-Gonzalez: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico
A. Rangel-Cordero: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico
A. Ponce-de-Leon: Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico
J. Sifuentes-Osornio: Department of Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.005
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. C
pp. 1 – 2

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We report a case of Nocardia amamiensis pulmonary 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 different Nocardia spp.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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