First case of disseminated infection with Nocardia cerradoensis in a human.

ABSTRACT: Here we report in a human, a renal transplant patient, the first disseminated infection with Nocardia cerradoensis, isolated after a brain biopsy. Species identification was based on 16S rRNA, gyrB, and hsp65 gene analyses. Antibiotic treatment was successful by combining carbapenems and aminoglycosides and then switching to oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

SUBMITTER: Piau C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4390618 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature