Rare isolation of Nocardia farcinica in a fatal case of disseminated nocardiosis in an immunocompetent person.

Nocardia species can cause various types of infections including, pulmonary, cutaneous, disseminated & CNS diseases. Here, we report a case of disseminated nocardiosis, probably secondary to pulmonary foci, in an immunocompetent patient. Blood culture showed gram-positive bacilli, which on culture grew aerial chalky white growth showed the acid-fast, gram-positive filamentous bacteria. The culture was identified as Nocardia farcinica by MALDI-TOF. Unfortunately, the patient succumbed to the infection on the 5th day after admission.