Maraki Sofia, Panagiotaki Evangelia, Tsopanidis Dimitrios, Scoulica Efstathia, Miari Nafsika-Magdalini, Hainis Kyriakos, Dotis George, Katsoula Iliana, Tselentis Yiannis
Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion 711 10, Crete, Greece.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Nov;56(3):333-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.05.001. Epub 2006 Jul 18.
A case of fatal Nocardia cyriacigeorgica pleural empyema in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and long-term corticosteroid therapy is described. The organism was isolated from the pleural fluid in pure culture and was identified by conventional and molecular methods. Despite the early administration of the appropriate antibiotic treatment, the patient died 4 days after hospital admission.
本文描述了一例患有慢性阻塞性肺疾病且长期接受皮质类固醇治疗的患者发生致命性嗜肺诺卡菌胸膜脓胸的病例。该病原体从胸腔积液中分离出来，呈纯培养状态，并通过传统方法和分子方法进行了鉴定。尽管早期给予了适当的抗生素治疗，但患者在入院4天后死亡。
