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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug 22:22:e00934.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00934. eCollection 2020.

First case of fatal bacteremia due to Nocardia neocaledoniensis

Alexandre Regueme  1 , Anne Vachee  2 , Claire Duployez  1 , Anne-Emilie Petit  2 , Pauline Coulon  1 , Frédéric Wallet  1 , Caroline Loiez  1
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First case of fatal bacteremia due to Nocardia neocaledoniensis

Alexandre Regueme et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Nocardia neocaledoniensis is an uncommon cause of human-infections. Few cases are reported in the literature. We describe the first case of bacteremia caused by N. neocaledoniensis. This article underlines the importance of mass spectrometry for easy and rapid identification of such bacterium.

Keywords: Bacteremia; MALDI-TOF; Nocardia neocaledoniensis.

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Fig. 1
Gram strain microscopic examination of Nocardia neocaledoniensis at magnification 1000 × . Presence of Gram-positive branched filamentous bacilli.
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