Diagnosis of Nocardia pneumonia by transtracheal aspiration.

Shneerson J M, Cohen J A, Teare E L

Br J Dis Chest. 1980 Jul;74(3):287-8. doi: 10.1016/0007-0971(80)90058-3.

We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis in which the microbiological diagnosis was made by transtracheal aspiration after all conventional methods had failed. The simplicity of the technique and the importance of diagnosing nocardiosis are discussed.