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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
卷 142, 期 4, 页码 513-523出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPW84AFTUWMHYU
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Nocardta; 16S rRNA gene sequencing; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Cancer; lmmunocompromised hosts
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- University Cancer Foundation grant from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- National Institutes of Health [CA16672]
Objectives: To correlate the microbiological and clinical features of infections caused by Nocardia species. Methods: We determined the species and drug susceptibility of 138 Nocardia strains isolated from 132 patients at the University of Texas M D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) from 2002 through 2012 and analyzed the clinical features. Results: The 132 patients included 82 men and 50 women with a mean age of 59.1 years. All except two had underlying cancer, and 47 (35.6%) also received a stein cell transplant. These patients experienced 136 episodes ofNocardia infection, including pulmonary infection, abscess of deep skin and soft tissue, bacteremia and dissemination, and brain abscess. The 138 Nocardia strains involved 27 species, of which 20 species have been described since 2000. Common species included Nocardia nova, Nocardia cyriacigeorgica, Nocardia farcinica, and Nocardia abscessus, together accounting for 59.4%. N nova caused most bacteremia cases, whereas N farcinica caused most of the skin and brain infections. Infections with a few recent species likely represented first confirmation or report of human infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests of 117 strains showed that they were all susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and linezolid but variably susceptible to other drugs depending on species. Most patients who were treated for the infection showed improvement or resolution. Conclusions: Diverse Nocardia species can cause secondary infections in patients with cancer Timely species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility tests may guide treatment.
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