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Nocardia Asteroides Pulmonary Infection: A Case Report

Ines Jajić-Benčić
Petar Gaćina
Vera Katalinić-Janković
Ivan Benčić

Abstract

Presentation is made of a 53-year-old woman with pulmonary infection caused by Nocardia asteroides. Tracheal aspirate was obtained and examined microbiologically. Direct smear of the tracheal aspirate stained with Gram stain revealed gram-positive branched filamentous hyphae and numerous leukocytes. Pure culture of colonies of a chalky white appearance grew on the blood agar after prolonged incubation. The Gram stained direct slide prepared from the culture showed gram-positive branching filaments. The microorganism was identified as Nocardia asteroides by standard methods.

Keywords

Nocardia infections - diagnosis; Pneumonia, bacterial - diagnosis; Pneumonia, bacterial - microbiology

Hrčak ID:

14744

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/14744

Publication date:

2.9.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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