A fatal case of <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report on a rare case of pulmonary Nocardiosis and brain abscess caused by <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>in an elderly woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing, restriction fragment...

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Main Authors: Aranaz Carlos, Melon Ovidio, Manteca Angel, del Mar Garcia-Suarez Maria, Pelaez Ana, Cimadevilla Rafael, Mendez Francisco, Vazquez Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Online Access:http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/8/1/11
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spelling doaj-8f0b40a7facc487d8c8514814300f4612020-11-24T22:24:48ZengBMCAnnals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials1476-07112009-04-01811110.1186/1476-0711-8-11A fatal case of <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniquesAranaz CarlosMelon OvidioManteca Angeldel Mar Garcia-Suarez MariaPelaez AnaCimadevilla RafaelMendez FranciscoVazquez Fernando<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report on a rare case of pulmonary Nocardiosis and brain abscess caused by <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>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.</p> http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/8/1/11
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author Aranaz Carlos
Melon Ovidio
Manteca Angel
del Mar Garcia-Suarez Maria
Pelaez Ana
Cimadevilla Rafael
Mendez Francisco
Vazquez Fernando
spellingShingle Aranaz Carlos
Melon Ovidio
Manteca Angel
del Mar Garcia-Suarez Maria
Pelaez Ana
Cimadevilla Rafael
Mendez Francisco
Vazquez Fernando
A fatal case of <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
author_facet Aranaz Carlos
Melon Ovidio
Manteca Angel
del Mar Garcia-Suarez Maria
Pelaez Ana
Cimadevilla Rafael
Mendez Francisco
Vazquez Fernando
author_sort Aranaz Carlos
title A fatal case of <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques
title_short A fatal case of <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques
title_full A fatal case of <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques
title_fullStr A fatal case of <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques
title_full_unstemmed A fatal case of <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques
title_sort fatal case of <it>nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques
publisher BMC
series Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
issn 1476-0711
publishDate 2009-04-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>We report on a rare case of pulmonary Nocardiosis and brain abscess caused by <it>Nocardia otitidiscaviarum </it>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.</p>
url http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/8/1/11
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