Nocardia caishijiensis infection: a case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nocardia caishijiensis is a rare soil actinomycete first described in Anhui province, China, in 2003. There has been only one reported instance of human infection caused by this species in the current literature.

Case presentation

We present a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia caishijiensis in a fifty-two-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus infection and concomitant use of high-dose dexamethasone for cervical myelopathy, treated successfully with amikacin and thrimetroprim-sulfametoxazole, antibiotic resistance pattern was obtained, although interpretation may be limited.

Conclusion

To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Nocardia caishijiensis infection in humans in North America and the second one in the literature,

SUBMITTER: Malaguez Webber F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080825 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature