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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Mendez J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4894989 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in infectious diseases 20160524
Nocardia transvalensis complex includes a wide range of microorganisms with specific antimicrobial resistance patterns. N. transvalensis is an unusual Nocardia species. However, it must be differentiated due to its natural resistance to aminoglycosides while other Nocardia species are susceptible. The present report describes a Nocardia species involved in an uncommon clinical case of a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and pulmonary nocardiosis. Microbiological and molecular tech ...[more]