First case of fatal bacteremia due to Nocardia neocaledoniensis
Alexandre Regueme,
Anne Vachee,
Claire Duployez,
Anne-Emilie Petit,
Pauline Coulon,
Frédéric Wallet,
Caroline Loiez
Affiliations
Alexandre Regueme
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France
Anne Vachee
Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix, Roubaix, France
Claire Duployez
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France
Anne-Emilie Petit
Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix, Roubaix, France
Pauline Coulon
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France
Frédéric Wallet
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France
Caroline Loiez
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France; Corresponding author at: Laboratoire de Bactériologie - Institut de Microbiologie, Centre de Biologie Pathologie, F-59037, Lille Cedex, France.
Nocardia neocaledoniensis is an uncommon cause of human-infections. Few cases are reported in the literature. We describe the first case of bacteremia caused by N. neocaledoniensis. This article underlines the importance of mass spectrometry for easy and rapid identification of such bacterium.
