FIRST REPORTED NOCARDIA-OTITIDISCAVIARUM INFECTION IN AN AIDS PATIENT IN ITALY

被引：20
作者：
CASTELLI, L
ZLOTNIK, H
PONTI, R
VIDOTTO, V
机构：
[1] UNIV TURIN, IST MALATTIE INFETT, MICOL MED LAB, I-10149 TURIN, ITALY
[2] OSPED AMEDEO SAVOIA, ANAL CHIMICOCLIN & MICROBIOL LAB, TURIN, ITALY
[3] UNIV PUERTO RICO, DEPT MICROBIOL & ZOOL MED, SAN JUAN, PR USA
来源：
MYCOPATHOLOGIA | 1994年 / 126卷 / 03期
关键词：
AIDS; DRUG ADDICTION; IMMUNODEFICIENCY; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM;
D O I：
10.1007/BF01103766
中图分类号：
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号：
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要：
Nocardiosis is a well-described infection in immunocompromised patients, and has been rarely documented in patients with AIDS, Nocardia asteroides is the most frequently isolated etiologic agent. Rare cases are due to N. brasiliensis and N. otitidiscaviarum. This work describes the first case of nocardiosis in Italy caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in an AIDS patient. A 31 year-old intravenous drug abuser with a diagnosis of full-blown AIDS, presented with high fever and lymphadenitis with a fistula draining copious purulent discharge. Broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was initiated, but the patient did not show any improvement. Direct examination of the pus revealed numerous gram positive rods. When cultured N. otitidiscavarium was isolated and identified by morphological and biochemical tests.
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