García-Méndez Jorge, Carrillo-Casas Erika M, Rangel-Cordero Andrea, Leyva-Leyva Margarita, Xicohtencatl-Cortes Juan, Arenas Roberto, Hernández-Castro Rigoberto
Departamento de Posgrado y Educación Médica Continua, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico; Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, 04510 Coyoacán, MEX, Mexico.
Departamento de Biología Molecular e Histocompatibilidad, Dirección de Investigación, Hospital General "Dr. Manuel Gea González", 14080 Tlalpan, MEX, Mexico.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2016;2016:3818969. doi: 10.1155/2016/3818969. Epub 2016 May 24.
Nocardia transvalensis complex includes a wide range of microorganisms with specific antimicrobial resistance patterns. N. transvalensis is an unusual Nocardia species. However, it must be differentiated due to its natural resistance to aminoglycosides while other Nocardia species are susceptible. The present report describes a Nocardia species involved in an uncommon clinical case of a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and pulmonary nocardiosis. Microbiological and molecular techniques based on the sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene allowed diagnosis of Nocardia transvalensis sensu stricto. The successful treatment was based on trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and other drugs. We conclude that molecular identification of Nocardia species is a valuable technique to guide good treatment and prognosis and recommend its use for daily bases diagnosis.
德兰士瓦奴卡菌复合体包括多种具有特定抗菌耐药模式的微生物。德兰士瓦奴卡菌是一种不常见的奴卡菌属物种。然而,由于它对氨基糖苷类天然耐药,而其他奴卡菌属物种敏感,因此必须加以区分。本报告描述了一株奴卡菌,它与一名患有特发性血小板减少性紫癜和肺奴卡菌病的患者的罕见临床病例有关。基于16S rRNA基因测序的微生物学和分子技术得以确诊为严格意义上的德兰士瓦奴卡菌。成功的治疗基于甲氧苄啶-磺胺甲恶唑及其他药物。我们得出结论,奴卡菌属物种的分子鉴定是指导良好治疗和预后的一项有价值的技术,并建议将其用于日常诊断。