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Indian J Med Microbiol
; 24(1): 63-4, 2006 Jan.
Article
de Anglais
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16505561
RÉSUMÉ
The reported case is of primary pulmonary nocardiosis, caused by Nocardia brasiliensis, in a immunocompromised patient, which ended fatally despite appropriate treatment. The partially acid fast filamentous bacterium was predominant on direct examination of the sputum. It was cultured on blood agar, MacConkey agar and by paraffin baiting technique. The bacterium was resistant to cotrimoxazole, the drug of choice for nocardiosis.