Nocardia farcinica from a cerebral abscess in an immunocompromised patient

Abstract

Nocardia farcinica was isolated from a cerebral abscess in an immunocompromised patient with lung fibrosis treated with corticosteroids. The strain was identified by a polyphasic approach based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing and antibiotic resistance pattern.

Antimicrobial activity of co-trimoxazole and amikacin, the drugs of choice for the treatment of nocardiosis, was confirmed by the standard microdilution method.

Keywords

• Nocardia farcinica
• nocardiosis
• cerebral abscess
• diagnosis
• 16SrRNA sequencing identification
• immunosupression
• microdilution method of antibiotic sensitivity testing