Publication: Bacteremic pneumonia caused by Nocardia veterana in an HIV-infected patient
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Date
2011
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Liu W.-L.
Lai C.-C.
Hsiao C.-H.
CHIEN-CHING HUNG
YU-TSUNG HUANG
Liao C.-H.
PO-REN HSUEH
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Disseminated Nocardia veterana infection has rarely been reported. We describe the first reported case of N. veterana bacteremic pneumonia in an HIV-infected patient. The isolate was confirmed by 16S rRNA sequencing analysis. The patient initially responded well to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment (minimum inhibitory concentration 0.25 μg/ml), but died of ventilator-associated pneumonia. ? 2011 International Society for Infectious Diseases.