Isolation of Nocardia beijingensis from a pulmonary abscess reveals human immunodeficiency virus infection.

ABSTRACT: A strain of Nocardia was isolated from a pulmonary abscess of a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient in France. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolate represented a strain of Nocardia beijingensis. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was essential to guide the clinicians to successfully treat this infection.

SUBMITTER: Martinaud C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3147884 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature