First case report of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia mexicana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nocardia species usually cause opportunistic infections, and the frequency of these infections is increasing owing to the growing population of immunocompromised hosts. However, Nocardia species may sometimes cause an infection disease in immunocompetent hosts. Nocardia mexicana infections are the least common and are very rare.

Case presentation

Herein, we report the first case of a pulmonary infection with N. mexicana in a 61-year-old Japanese woman with a history of hyperlipidaemia and bronchiectasis and a 6-month history of non-productive hacking cough. A sample of bronchial lavage fluid obtained by bronchofiberscopy showed filamentous branching gram-positive rods and acid-fast filamentous branching rods, and a colony of suspected

SUBMITTER: Kuchibiro T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5330244 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature