MULTIPLE INCIDENCE OF NOCARDIOSIS AT PULMONARY AND EXTRA-PULMONARY SITE

DAS A.K.¹, NANDY S.², DUDEJA M.³, TIWARI R.⁴, ALAM S.^5
1Department of Microbiology, HIMSR & HAHC Hospital, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi- 110062, India.
²Department of Microbiology, HIMSR & HAHC Hospital, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi- 110062, India.
³Department of Microbiology, HIMSR & HAHC Hospital, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi- 110062, India.
⁴Department of Microbiology, HIMSR & HAHC Hospital, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi- 110062, India.
⁵Department of Microbiology, HIMSR & HAHC Hospital, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi- 110062, India.

Received : 06-08-2012     Accepted : 15-07-2013     Published : 06-08-2013
Volume : 1     Issue : 1       Pages : 12 - 14
World Res J Crit Care 1.1 (2013):12-14

Nocardiosis is a rare but well-established opportunistic infection. We present two cases of nocardiosis, one in a immuno-competent elderly patient and the other in a immunocompromised patient suffering from AIDS, diagnosed at Microbiology laboratory. The first case was of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia asteroides complex and concomitant infections with staphylococcus aureus and Blastoschizomyces capitatum. In the second case Nocardia brasiliensis was isolated from pus extracted from an HIV positive patient with lymphoadenopathy at the upper right clavicular region in the neck. Interestingly, in both the cases primary identification was done using 20% H₂SO₄.