Cavitary pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1517-8382
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822010000200011