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A fatal case of Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques.

ABSTRACT: We report on a rare case of pulmonary Nocardiosis and brain abscess caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in an elderly woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), and complete 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

SUBMITTER: Pelaez AI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2672068 | biostudies-literature | 2009

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A fatal case of Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques.

Pelaez Ana Isabel AI Garcia-Suarez Maria del Mar Mdel M Manteca Angel A Melon Ovidio O Aranaz Carlos C Cimadevilla Rafael R Mendez Francisco Javier FJ Vazquez Fernando F

Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials 20090414

We report on a rare case of pulmonary Nocardiosis and brain abscess caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in an elderly woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), and complete 16S rRNA gene sequencing. ...[more]

PMID: 19366439

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