Pseudonocardia carboxydivorans in human cerebrospinal fluid: a case report in a patient with traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Members of the genus Pseudonocardia have been widely reported and recovered from several ecosystems, such as soil samples and plant samples. Pseudonocardia bacteria colonize the microbial communities on the integument of fungus gardening ant species. We present the first documented case of Pseudonocardia carboxydivorans isolated in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an human infection by P. carboxydivorans.

Case presentation

A patient, who suffered a traumatic brain injury a month before, was admitted to this hospital due to gait alteration and cognitive disturbances. Culture of cerebrospinal fluid showed ramified, not acid-fast, Gram positive bacilli. The bacterium was identified by molecular methods as P. c

SUBMITTER: Navarro-Martinez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5501069 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature