Molecular diagnosis of Nocardia farcinica from a cerebral abscess.
Hum Pathol
; 37(8): 1117-21, 2006 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-16867876
ABSTRACT
Histopathology and special stains of a brain biopsy specimen from a 42-year-old man revealed numerous gram-positive bacilli arranged in branching filaments, suggesting Nocardia infection. Antibiotic therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole markedly decreased the abscess size, and the patient improved. DNA was analyzed from formalin-fixed sections of the cerebral abscess by a 16S ribosomal DNA polymerase chain reaction assay demonstrating the presence of either Nocardia farcinica or N otitidiscaviarum. A species-specific polymerase chain reaction assay confirmed N farcinica as the etiologic agent.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Absceso Encefálico
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Combinación Trimetoprim y Sulfametoxazol
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Nocardia
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Nocardiosis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Pathol
Asunto de la revista:
PATOLOGIA
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos