Literature DB >> 16867876

Molecular diagnosis of Nocardia farcinica from a cerebral abscess.

Kathleen M Tatti1, Wun-Ju Shieh, Sonya Phillips, Michael Augenbraun, Chandrakant Rao, Sherif R Zaki.   

Abstract

Histopathology and special stains of a brain biopsy specimen from a 42-year-old man revealed numerous gram-positive bacilli arranged in branching filaments, suggesting Nocardia infection. Antibiotic therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole markedly decreased the abscess size, and the patient improved. DNA was analyzed from formalin-fixed sections of the cerebral abscess by a 16S ribosomal DNA polymerase chain reaction assay demonstrating the presence of either Nocardia farcinica or N otitidiscaviarum. A species-specific polymerase chain reaction assay confirmed N farcinica as the etiologic agent.

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Year:  2006        PMID： 16867876     DOI： 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.02.019

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Hum Pathol        ISSN： 0046-8177            Impact factor:   3.466


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