Nocardia neocaledoniensis [corrected] as a cause of skin and soft tissue infection.
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SUBMITTER: McGhie T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3421827 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
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Nocardia neocaledoniensis [corrected] as a cause of skin and soft tissue infection.
McGhie Travea T Fader Robert R Carpenter John J Brown-Elliott Barbara A BA Vasireddy Ravikiran R Wallace Richard J RJ
Journal of clinical microbiology 20120711 9
Nocardia neocaledoniensis was introduced as a new environmental species of Nocardia in 2004. We present the first case of human skin and soft tissue infection caused by this species in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving prednisone and methotrexate therapy. ...[more]
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