First case of isolation of Nocardia wallacei reported in Mexico

Nocardia species are aerobic, Gram-positive bacteria with branched filaments reported as opportunistic microorganisms associated with infectious diseases of the skin. We report the isolation of N. wallacei in Mexico from a 43-year-old man, an HIV-positive construction worker who sought care for diff...

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Autores principales: González-Nava, J., Sánchez-Herrera, K., Ramírez-Durán, N., Sandoval, H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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First Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5067976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27774152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.09.009
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author González-Nava, J.
Sánchez-Herrera, K.
Ramírez-Durán, N.
Sandoval, H.
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description Nocardia species are aerobic, Gram-positive bacteria with branched filaments reported as opportunistic microorganisms associated with infectious diseases of the skin. We report the isolation of N. wallacei in Mexico from a 43-year-old man, an HIV-positive construction worker who sought care for difficulty breathing and abundant sputum.
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spelling pubmed-50679762016-10-21 First case of isolation of Nocardia wallacei reported in Mexico González-Nava, J. Sánchez-Herrera, K. Ramírez-Durán, N. Sandoval, H. New Microbes New Infect First Clinical Case Report Nocardia species are aerobic, Gram-positive bacteria with branched filaments reported as opportunistic microorganisms associated with infectious diseases of the skin. We report the isolation of N. wallacei in Mexico from a 43-year-old man, an HIV-positive construction worker who sought care for difficulty breathing and abundant sputum. Elsevier 2016-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5067976/ /pubmed/27774152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.09.009 Text en © 2016 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_sort first case of isolation of nocardia wallacei reported in mexico
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5067976/
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