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. 2010 Apr;41(2):329-32.
doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220100002000011. Epub 2010 Jun 1.

Cavitary pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum

A Betrán  1 , M C Villuendas, A Rezusta, B Moles, M C Rubio, M J Revillo, P Boiron, S Bello, V Rodríguez-Nava
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Cavitary pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum

A Betrán et al. Braz J Microbiol. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: 16SrRNA gene; Nocardia otitidiscaviarum; pneumonia.

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Gram 1000x. Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in sputum.
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