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

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jul;49(7):2748-50. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00613-11. Epub 2011 May 18.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • France
  • HIV
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Lung Abscess / microbiology*
  • Lung Abscess / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nocardia / classification
  • Nocardia / genetics
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification*
  • Nocardia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Nocardia Infections / microbiology
  • Nocardia Infections / pathology
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S