First case of cerebral abscess due to a novel Nocardia species in an immunocompromised patient

C Flateau; V Jurado; N Lemaître; C Loïez; F Wallet; C Saiz-Jimenez; C Decoene; E Bergeron; P Boiron; K Faure; B Guery; V Rodríguez-Nava

doi:10.1128/JCM.00762-12

First case of cerebral abscess due to a novel Nocardia species in an immunocompromised patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):696-700. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00762-12. Epub 2012 Dec 5.

Authors

C Flateau¹, V Jurado, N Lemaître, C Loïez, F Wallet, C Saiz-Jimenez, C Decoene, E Bergeron, P Boiron, K Faure, B Guery, V Rodríguez-Nava

Affiliation

¹ Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.

Abstract

We report the first case of cerebral abscess due to a novel species of Nocardia in a heart transplant patient and describe the antimicrobial susceptibility of this isolate. As our patient was intolerant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, we also discuss alternative therapeutic options in brain abscess due to Nocardia sp.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Brain Abscess / diagnosis
Brain Abscess / drug therapy
Brain Abscess / microbiology*
Female
Genes, Bacterial
Heart Transplantation / adverse effects
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data
Nocardia / classification*
Nocardia / drug effects
Nocardia / genetics*
Nocardia Infections / diagnosis
Nocardia Infections / drug therapy
Nocardia Infections / microbiology*
Phylogeny

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Associated data

GENBANK/JX421754
GENBANK/JX437683
GENBANK/JX464217
GENBANK/JX464218