Cavitary pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum

We report a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in a man with diabetes mellitus and thrombocytopenia treated with systemic corticosteroid. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing and molecular identification that was carried out by DNA sequencing of the 16SrRNA gene...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Betrán, A., Villuendas, M.C., Rezusta, A., Moles, B., Rubio, M.C., Revillo, M.J., Boiron, P., Bello, S., Rodríguez-Nava, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2010
Materias:
Medical Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24031500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838220100002000011
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Sumario:We report a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in a man with diabetes mellitus and thrombocytopenia treated with systemic corticosteroid. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing and molecular identification that was carried out by DNA sequencing of the 16SrRNA gene.

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