Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 41 No. 3, 2002.
Ostalo
Nocardia Asteroides Pulmonary Infection: A Case Report
Ines Jajić-Benčić
Petar Gaćina
Vera Katalinić-Janković
Ivan Benčić
Sažetak
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.
Ključne riječi
Nocardia infections - diagnosis; Pneumonia, bacterial - diagnosis; Pneumonia, bacterial - microbiology
Hrčak ID:
14744
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Datum izdavanja:
2.9.2002.
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