Nocardia cyriacigeorgica septicemia.
Sameer Elsayed, Angela Kealey, Carla S Coffin, Ron Read, David Megran, Kunyan Zhang
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Sameer Elsayed: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. sameer.elsayed@cls.ab.ca
We report two cases of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica septicemia and disseminated infection in the setting of profound immunodeficiency. In both instances, diagnosis was rapidly facilitated by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of blood culture isolates. These constitute the first confirmed reports of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica bloodstream infection in humans.
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Aged
Diabetes Complications
Female
Hodgkin Disease
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Middle Aged
Nocardia
Nocardia Infections
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Sepsis
