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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan-Dec:8:2324709620909243.
doi: 10.1177/2324709620909243.

A Rare Case of Drug-Resistant Nocardia transvalensis Infection in a Renal Transplant Patient

Rajan Kapoor  1 , Sreedhar Adapa  2 , Anusha Vakiti  1 , Imran Yaseen Gani  1 , Laura Mulloy  1 , Sandeep Anand Padala  1
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Case Reports

A Rare Case of Drug-Resistant Nocardia transvalensis Infection in a Renal Transplant Patient

Rajan Kapoor et al. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

Nocardia transvalensis is a rare species of Nocardia and is known to be a drug-resistant organism. Multiple cases have been reported of Nocardia species causing opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts. To our knowledge, we report the first case of successfully treated drug-resistant Nocardia transvalensis causing pulmonary nocardiosis in a renal transplant patient. Our case validates the importance of prompt identification of Nocardia species and their drug sensitivities to improve clinical outcomes and reduce mortality.

Keywords: Nocardia; Nocardia transvalensis; disseminated nocardiosis; immunocompromised; kidney transplant; linezolid; multidrug-resistant Nocardia transvalensis; pulmonary nocardiosis.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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