Wei Pan: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Haiyan People's Hospital, Haiyan, Zhejiang, 314300, China.
Bingqian Zhuo: School of Public Health, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310053, China.
Sumei Wang: Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China.
Jieping Long: Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China.
Wei Xu: School of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, China.
Mengyuan Chen: The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, China.
Xin Hong: Department of Green Pharmaceutical Collaborative Innovation Center, School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China.
Yumei Ge: Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China.
Nocardiosis is an infectious disease caused by spp., mainly affecting immunocompromised hosts. infection is not common; especially infection is even rarer. The patient, female, 61 years old, farmer, has been working in the field for a long time and has normal immune function. Her main clinical manifestation was persistent back pain. Chest-enhanced computed tomography showed pulmonary inflammation. Rare pathogen ei was detected in alveolar lavage fluid using matrix-assisted laser destructive ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. She received treatment with linezolid and was discharged after her condition improved.
