Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials (Apr 2009)

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

  • Aranaz Carlos,
  • Melon Ovidio,
  • Manteca Angel,
  • del Mar Garcia-Suarez Maria,
  • Pelaez Ana,
  • Cimadevilla Rafael,
  • Mendez Francisco,
  • Vazquez Fernando

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-8-11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
p. 11

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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.