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First case of Nocardia amamiensis pulmonary infection in Mexico

We report a case of Nocardia amamiensis pulmonary infection in a 43-year-old immunocompromised woman. The patient was treated with imipenem/cilastatin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and had a favourable outcome. It is important that laboratories perform species identification to understand the ep...

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Autores principales: Martinez-Gamboa, A., Cervera-Hernandez, M.E., Torres-Gonzalez, P., Rangel-Cordero, A., Ponce-de-Leon, A., Sifuentes-Osornio, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28116103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.005
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author Martinez-Gamboa, A.
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Sifuentes-Osornio, J.
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spelling pubmed-52252762017-01-23 First case of Nocardia amamiensis pulmonary infection in Mexico Martinez-Gamboa, A. Cervera-Hernandez, M.E. Torres-Gonzalez, P. Rangel-Cordero, A. Ponce-de-Leon, A. Sifuentes-Osornio, J. New Microbes New Infect First Clinical Case Report We report a case of Nocardia amamiensis pulmonary infection in a 43-year-old immunocompromised woman. The patient was treated with imipenem/cilastatin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and had a favourable outcome. It is important that laboratories perform species identification to understand the epidemiology and susceptibility patterns of the different Nocardia spp. Elsevier 2016-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5225276/ /pubmed/28116103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.005 Text en © 2016 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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