First case report of pulmonary and cutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia mexicana in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nocardia are aerobic partially acid-fast bacteria that are environmentally ubiquitous. This group of bacteria causes a rare bacterial infection of either the lungs (pulmonary) or body (systemic) that usually affects immunocompromised individuals. Nocardia mexicana was first isolated in 2004 from a patient with chronic bronchitis. However, there have been few reports on the clinical significance of this organism up to now. We herein report the first cases of N. mexicana in patients with pulmonary and cutaneous infection from Iran.

Case presentation

A 57-year-old man was admitted to hospital due to a cutaneous wound on his left foot, fever, weakness, persistent cough and chest pain. At first, due to clinical examination and laboratory test, the

SUBMITTER: Shokri D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470292 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature