RESUMO
We report a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in a man with diabetes mellitus and thrombocytopenia treated with systemic corticosteroid. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing and molecular identification that was carried out by DNA sequencing of the 16SrRNA gene.
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Adulto , Corticosteroides , Sequência de Bases , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos , Pneumopatias , Nocardia/genética , Nocardia/isolamento & purificação , Nocardiose/diagnóstico , Nocardiose/genética , Classificação , Técnicas e Procedimentos Diagnósticos , Métodos , FenótipoRESUMO
We report a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in a man with diabetes mellitus and thrombocytopenia treated with systemic corticosteroid. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing and molecular identification that was carried out by DNA sequencing of the 16SrRNA gene.
RESUMO
We report a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in a man with diabetes mellitus and thrombocytopenia treated with systemic corticosteroid. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing and molecular identification that was carried out by DNA sequencing of the 16SrRNA gene.